sum of cash

collocation in English

meaningsofsumandcash

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sum
noun
uk
/sʌm/us
/sʌm/
an amount ...
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cash
noun[U]
uk
/kæʃ/us
/kæʃ/
money in the form of notes and coins, rather than cheques or ...
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(Definition ofsumandcashfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsum of cash

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He will have immediate certainty of a definitesumofcash.
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It has a vastsumofcashat its disposal.
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Who would turn down a tax-freesumofcashin the hand every week?
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It was to supply men with no money with an immediatesumofcashto enable them to go on leave.
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Like the existing cash forfeiture scheme, that power will only be available where a substantial sumofcashis discovered, perhaps similar to the existing minimum threshold of £10,000.
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The payment is carried out in a single lumpsumofcashor can be paid in 11 installments.
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Each awardee receives a gold medal, a certificate of honour, and asumofcash.
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More recently, when a nearby airport was built, excavation dug up asumofcashfrom that era.
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The trail boss carries a considerablesumofcashfor all necessities and all possible emergencies.
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Due to the vault being time-locked, the robbers were forced to wait 12 minutes before leaving the bank with a largesumofcash.
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This supplies the player with an initialsumofcashto buy ammunition.
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In this way, farm families earn small sums of cash to purchase food or solve other pressing short-term needs that arise throughout the week.
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They are given a deadline and if they are unable to uphold their deal then they would have to either pay a lumpsumofcashor vacate the premises.
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I do not want to name any names, but major companies nowadays handle large sums of cash.
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I accept the argument against transporting large sums of cash throughout the country to sub-post offices.
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In the meantime, claimants with particularly urgent needs are handed food vouchers and small sums of cash and sent a subsequent giro payment by post.
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In general, junior officers do not handle large sums of cash.
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I suspect that in view of the increasing sums of cash being held, this figure may well rise even more.
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Where it is essential to make urgent payments on the same day these are in the form of food vouchers and small sums of cash.
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He has to find some means of injecting huge sums of cash into the banking system.
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