Collocations for sum - noun

considerable, generous, good, handsome, hefty, high, large, not inconsiderable, princely (ironic), significant, substantial, tidy (informal)
It seemed an absurdly high sum to pay for a coat. | For his first book he received the princely sum of $400. | The team has raised substantial sums for local charities.

astronomical, colossal, enormous, exorbitant, huge, magnificent, massive, record, staggering, vast
£200 was an astronomical sum of money in 1547. | He joined the club two years ago for a record sum.

five-figure, six-figure, etc. | small, modest, nominal, reasonable, token, trifling
The charity pays a nominal sum to lease the premises.

derisory, paltry | average | net | round
$10,000 is a good round sum.

full, overall, total | agreed, fixed | undisclosed, unspecified | annual, monthly, etc. | regular | guaranteed | capital, cash, lump
My wife would receive a guaranteed lump sum in the event of my death.

tax-free

borrow, earn, fetch, raise, recover
Some of the paintings should fetch a tidy sum at today''s auction. | You will have to go to court to recover these sums.

get, receive | award sb, contribute, give sb, grant sb, lend sb, offer sb, pay (sb), repay
The judge awarded them an undisclosed six-figure sum in damages.

invest, spend | cost
a project that cost vast sums of public money

charge (sb), fine sb | agree (on)
We eventually agreed a sum and I gave him a cheque.

be due, be payable
The landlord has the right to recover any sums payable under this lease

be equal/equivalent to sth
The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year''s earnings.

exceed sth

a sum of money

difficult, easy

do, find the answer to
I did a quick sum to work out how much it would cost.

get your sums right/wrong
The company got its sums wrong when estimating how many customers it would attract.

calculate, find, work out
Calculate the sum of the following figures.

~ of
The sum of two and five is seven.