WordNet
sum of money
n. a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, amount, amount of money]
Usage examples of "sum of money".
At length, he one day received a letter, stating that the abductors of his son now offered to restore him, or at least to give notice where he might be found, on condition of receiving a large sum of money, by way of ransom.
He at the same time offered him any sum of money he might require.
As the society he sought on these nights was of a promiscuous character, he was in the habit of leaving at his office any large sum of money that had come into his hands during the day.
It required the Kredietbank to transmit a sum of money in United States dollars from Mr.