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Definition: Lump Sum |
Lump SumNoun1. A complete payment consisting of a single sum of money. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Money | Petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lump Sum |
| Specialty definitions using "lump sum": balloon mortgage, balloon payment, birth grant ♦ maternity grant ♦ Presumptive taxation ♦ securities redeemable by instalments, securities redeemable in tranches, serial securities. (references) |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The cessions provided for in the present Article shall entail a credit of which the total amount, settled in a lump sum by the arbitrator or arbitrators, shall not in any case exceed the value of the capital expended in the initial establishment of the material ceded, and shall be set off against the total sums due from Germany, in consequence, the indemnification of the proprietors shall be a matter for Germany to deal with. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Many of Saudi Aramco's contracts are awarded on a lump sum turnkey basis. (references) | |
A good number of Saudi Aramco's contracts are awarded on a lump sum turnkey basis. (references) | ||
Payment in the UAE is generally done on a lump sum basis, as opposed to cost plus or other schemes. (references) | ||
Economic History | India | Royalties and lump sum payments are taxed at 20 to 30 percent. (references) |
Croatia | The Law also provides a one-time lump sum subsidy of HRK 15,000 (approximately USD 1,800) to the new investment for each new employee. (references) | |
India | Attorneys are proposing a combination of discounted fees, blended hourly rates, partly deferred fees, overall caps and/or lump sum fees. (references) | |
Political Economy | Ireland | In response, the government and "social partners" renegotiated a clause in the Partnership Program in order to award a 2 percent increase in basic pay to all employees from April 1, 2001, and a one-time, lump sum payment of 1 percent to all employees as of April 1, 2002. (references) |
Women | Japan | As of November 21, the AWF had collected donations totaling approximately $4.33 million (548 million yen) and given lump sum payments of almost $2.97 million (376 million yen) and a letter of apology signed by the Prime Minister to more than 188 women from the Philippines, Korea, and Taiwan. (references) |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | Once a worker files a claim, the courts decide the amount of compensation, which is paid in one lump sum rather than monthly payments. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "lump sum": a lump sum ♦ estimate in a lump sum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lump sum | 27 |
lump sum distribution | 20 |
lump sum pension | 12 |
lump sum payment | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lump sum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shumë e madhe (herculean), një dorë parash (packet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبلغ من المال (kitty, penny, sum), دفعة واحدة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | глобална сума, обща сума (amount). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | paušální suma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | refusion med et standardbeløb (lump-sum refund, lump-sum reimbursement, refund in a lump sum), refusion med et fikseret beløb (lump-sum refund, lump-sum reimbursement, refund in a lump sum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vergoeding tegen een vast bedrag (lump-sum refund, lump-sum reimbursement, refund in a lump sum), forfaitaire vergoeding (lump-sum refund, lump-sum reimbursement, refund in a lump sum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | montant forfaitaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pauschalsumme, pauschalbetrag (lumped sum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εφάπαξ (once). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סכום ח" פעמי, סכום כולל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | átalány (a lump sum, overhead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | forfait (withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一時金 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いちじき". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umplay umsay importância global. (various references) общая сумма. (various references) ukupna suma (total). (various references) cantidad a tanto alzado (flat rate). (various references) klumpsumma (lumpsum). (various references) yuvarlak hesap, toplu para, toplu ödeme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-m-m-p-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: lumps, lupus, mumps, mumus, plums, slump. | |
-3 letters: lump, lums, mump, mums, mumu, plum, plus, puls, slum, sulu, sump, ulus, umps. | |
-4 letters: lum, mum, mus, pul, pus, sum, sup, ulu, umm, ump, ups. | |
-5 letters: mm, mu, um, up, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-m-m-p-s-u-u" | |
+1 letter: plumbums. | |
+4 letters: multicampus. | |
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