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English
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Noun
lump sum (plural lump sums)
- A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.
When he retired, he received a lump sum plus a pension.
Translations
large one-time payment
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一次性付款 (yīcìxìng fùkuǎn)
- Finnish: kertamaksu (fi), kertakorvaus, kertakaikkinen maksu, kertakaikkinen korvaus, könttäsumma (fi)
- French: somme forfaitaire f
- German: Pauschale (de) f, Pauschbetrag (de) m, Pauschalbetrag (de) m
- Hungarian: egyösszegű kifizetés/fizetség
- Italian: forfettario m
- Japanese: 一時金 (ja) (いちじきん, ichijikin)
- Norwegian: engangssum m
- Polish: ryczałt m
- Portuguese: entrada (pt) f
- Romanian: sumă forfetară f, sumă paușală f
- Russian: пауша́льная (ru) f (paušálʹnaja), пауша́льная су́мма f (paušálʹnaja súmma), единовре́менная вы́плата f (jedinovrémennaja výplata)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: klumpsumma (sv) c
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Chinese
Etymology
From English lump sum.
Pronunciation
Noun
lump sum (Hong Kong Cantonese)
- lump sum
- (by extension) total price (such as of real estate)
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