lump sum

noun

: an amount of money that is paid at one time : a single sum of money

The bonus is paid out in a lump sum.

take their winnings as a lump-sum payment

Examples of lump sum in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guobadia is on the hook for her legal fees and a lump sum payment as part of their settlement, too, for $224,000 in legal fees. —Dave Quinn, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025

The university’s last offer included a 3% pay raise and two lump sum payments of $500, to be paid out in fall 2025 and July 2026. —Emma McNamee, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025

Paine proposed a lump sum payment of £15 (£2,306 in 2025) to everyone reaching the age of twenty-one and a £10 (£1,537 in 2025) annual pension for the blind and lame, as well as for those fifty and older. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Sep. 2025

In the wake of the divorce from Charles, Diana received a lump sum payment of 17 million pounds, with an additional 350,000 pounds annually to run her private office. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for lump sum

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum
• come