Bill
Sum
Sum noun - A complete amount of something.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Instead, the city decided to leave his claim uncontested and instead bill him for the taxes and upkeep on the properties, a ruinous sum.
Source: Series / Night Court - Mean Streets: Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) insults a neighborhood mobster he owes a large sum of money to and follows that up by burning his first payment (a $10 bill) and sticking a gun in his face.
- Lampshaded in The Sum of All Fears, when Bill Cabot remarks how their nuclear emergency drills always include the Russians as the enemy.
Source: The Usual Adversaries
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