sum
     n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
          he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: {sum of money}, {amount},
           {amount of money}]
     2: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: {amount}, {total}]
     3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not
        equal the misery they suffered" [syn: {summation}, {sum
        total}]
     4: 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" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core},
         {center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness},
         {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {nitty-gritty}]
     5: the whole amount [syn: {total}, {totality}, {aggregate}]
     6: the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
     7: 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" [syn:
         {union}, {join}]
     v 1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in
          the paper" [syn: {summarize}, {summarise}, {sum up}]
     2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
        those of the neighboring town" [syn: {total}, {tot}, {tot
        up}, {sum up}, {summate}, {tote up}, {add}, {add together},
         {tally}, {add up}]
     [also: {summing}, {summed}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0