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Definition of "sum total" [sum total]

  • The final aggregate (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "sum total" in a sentence
  • "And then the whole planet, the sum total of every pre-spaceflight Cardassian who had ever lived, warlords and rabble alike, would have returned to the elemental gas from which the planet had condensed in the first place."
  • "We have reported for education this quadrennium more than for four quadrenniums put together, that is, the preceding four quadrenniums to this added together will not amount to the sum total to what we have raised this quadrennium for education."
  • "The results were unambiguous: After analyzing the children for a sum total of “2,129,864 person-years,” the study provided still more “strong evidence against the hypothesis that MMR vaccination causes autism.”"