The phrase "a major sum" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a large amount of money or a significant total in a financial context.
Example: "The company received a major sum in funding, which will help expand its operations."
Alternatives: "a substantial amount" or "a significant sum."
The Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins, below right, has signed a five-album contract worth more than $10 million with Warner Music, the BBC reported, a major sum for a classical recording deal.
The ministry estimates cleanup alone will cost upwards of $200 million, a major sum in a country with a gross domestic product of around $21 billion, but experts warn the bill could run even higher.
But the president of a major union -- which spent unprecedented sums this election cycle -- fired back, saying the elections reflect a larger sense of dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party and that losses were not referenda on union-backed candidates or policies.
Total E&P Congo has awarded Technip a major lump-sum contract covering engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation (EPSCI) and pre-commissioning for the Moho Nord development project, located approximately 75 km off the Congo coast.
In just a few years, he became a bona fide celebrity whose paintings were selling for major sums at galleries around the world.
Bush expanded military spending from $300 billion to close to $700 billion, formed a massive homeland security apparatus that costs close to $100 billion a year, and we now must spend major sums on veterans care for those injured in the twin unfunded wars.
China allows the value of the yuan to move in a tightly controlled range against the dollar and mostly restricts the conversion of major sums to foreign currencies to trade-related payments.
This time, both national parties will pour major sums of money into the race, and the focus is likely to be on the economy and jobs.
The Hopkins figure includes $1.1 billion spent at the Applied Physics Laboratory in Howard County, as well as major sums spent for biomedical research at the university's medical center.
Independent experts say China's public total excludes major sums spent on research and procurement that are concealed in other budgets, though the total remains far lower than that of the United States.
Election lawyers anticipate that both parties will quickly seek ways to take advantage of court's decision by creating national joint fundraising committees that can singlehandedly raise major sums.
