lump sum

See also: lumpsum

English

Alternative forms

• lumpsome (erroneously)

Noun

lump sum (plural lump sums)

1. 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 Thai: เงินก้อน

See also

• balloon payment, bullet payment, amortization

Chinese

Etymology

From English lump sum.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam¹ sam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam¹ sam¹
    • Yale: lām sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

lump sum (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. lump sum
2. (by extension) total price (such as of real estate)

Alternative forms

• 冧心