1. a quantity of money; - Example: "he borrowed a large sum" - Example: "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amount of money
n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of
money, amount, amount of money]