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lump sum
noun as in round figure
Weak match
Example Sentences
Lavalle and his three pals allegedly pocketed a cut of the retroactive lump sum ofas much as $100,000 that each claimant received.
And people who qualify for the earned income-tax credit pretty much have to take it in an annual lump sum.
The former banker reportedly owes the government $1.2 million in taxes, and has been paying off the lump sum with a payment plan.
He took his winnings in one lump sum and, at the urging of his financial adviser, invested most of it.
A $25,000 prize that will be awarded either as a scholarship or given as a lump sum for production expenses.
Average Jones paid him a lump sum, dismissed him and returned to the Cosmic Club, there to ponder the problem.
He was too poor to pay in a lump sum for my tuition, so he sent four dollars every week from his meagre pay, to keep me going.
There should be some security for those payments if they are not made in a lump sum.
Each of the sailors received a good-sized lump sum, as did also Philips and Morgan.
They do not discuss even the payment of a lump sum of gold to a victorious nation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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