I.
noun
1 amount of money
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , generous , good , great , handsome , hefty , high , large , not inconsiderable ( esp. BrE ), princely ( ironic ), significant , sizeable , substantial , tidy ( informal )
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It seemed an absurdly high ~ to pay for a coat.
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For his first book he received the princely ~ of $400.
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The team has raised substantial ~s for local charities.
▪ astronomical , colossal ( esp. BrE ), enormous , exorbitant , huge , magnificent ( esp. BrE ), massive , record , staggering , vast
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£200 was an astronomical ~ of money in 1547.
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He joined the team two years ago for a record ~.
▪ five-figure , six-figure , etc. ( esp. BrE )
▪ modest , nominal , reasonable , small , token , trifling
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The charity pays a nominal ~ to lease the premises.
▪ derisory , paltry
▪ average
▪ net
▪ round ( esp. BrE )
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€10 000 is a good round ~.
▪ full ( esp. BrE ), overall , total
▪ agreed ( esp. BrE ), fixed
▪ undisclosed , unspecified
▪ annual , monthly , etc.
▪ regular
▪ guaranteed ( esp. BrE )
▪ capital , cash ( esp. BrE ), lump
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My wife would receive a guaranteed lump ~ in the event of my death.
▪ tax-free ( esp. BrE )
VERB + SUM
▪ borrow , earn , fetch ( esp. BrE ), raise , recover ( esp. BrE )
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Some of the paintings should fetch a tidy ~ at today's auction.
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You will have to go to court to recover these ~s.
▪ get , receive
▪ award sb ( esp. BrE ), contribute , give sb , offer sb , pay (sb) , repay ( esp. BrE )
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The judge awarded them an undisclosed six-figure ~ in damages.
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How can we repay such a large ~?
▪ invest , spend
▪ cost
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a project that cost vast ~s of public money
▪ charge (sb)
▪ agree , agree on
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We eventually agreed a ~ and I paid him.
SUM + VERB
▪ be due , be payable (both esp. BrE )
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The landlord has the right to recover any ~s payable under this lease
▪ be equal to sth , be equivalent to sth
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The gangsters offered him a ~ equivalent to a whole year's earnings.
▪ exceed sth
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of money
2 calculation
ADJECTIVE
▪ difficult , easy
VERB + SUM
▪ do
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I did a quick ~ to work out how much it would cost.
PHRASES
▪ get your ~s right/wrong ( BrE )
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The company got its ~s wrong when estimating how many customers it would attract.
3 total
VERB + SUM
▪ calculate , find , work out
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Calculate the ~ of the following figures.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
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The ~ of two and five is seven.
PHRASES
▪ greater, less, more, etc. than the ~ of its/the parts
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The team is greater than the ~ of its parts.
II.
verb
PHRASAL VERB
sum sth up
ADVERB
▪ aptly , neatly , nicely , succinctly , well
▪ perfectly
▪ just about , pretty much
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‘So we're stuck in this place with no food?’ ‘That just about ~s it up.’
VERB + SUM UP
▪ seem to
▪ attempt to , try to
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The report attempts to ~ up recent economic trends.
▪ be difficult to , be hard to
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The appeal of this city is hard to ~ up.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
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She summed it up as ‘the most brilliant lecture I've ever attended’.
PHRASES
▪ can be summed up as
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Her whole philosophy can be summed up as ‘so what?’.