- sum total, the
- ,sum `total, the nounthe whole amount of something, especially when it is not very much:She asked me if I was well, and that was the sum total of our conversation.
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sum total — {n.} The final amount; everything taken together; total. * /The sum total of expenses for the trip was $450./ * /Ten years was the sum total of John s education./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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