sum

nouns

a quantity of money

"he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money

a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

amount, sum, total

is derived from

the final aggregate

"the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"

sum, sum total, summation

is derived from

is derived from

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum

is derived from

the whole amount

aggregate, sum, total, totality

is derived from

a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

"let C be the union of the sets A and B"

join, sum, union

be a summary of

"The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"

sum, sum up, summarise, summarize

is derived from

determine the sum of

"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up

is derived from