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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a complete payment consisting of a single sum of money
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Lump Lump, n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. `` A lump of cheese.'' --Piers Plowman. `` This lump of clay.'' --Shak. 2. A mass or aggregation of things. 3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. In the lump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross. They may buy them in the lump. --Addison. Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine. Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(lump sums) A lump sum is an amount of money that is paid as a large amount on a single occasion rather than as smaller amounts on several separate occasions. ...a tax-free lump sum of £50,000 at retirement age. N-COUNT
