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The phrase "a small sum for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a minor amount of money required for a specific purpose or item.
Example: "I was surprised to find that a small sum for the ticket was all that was needed to gain entry to the event."
Alternatives: "a modest amount for" or "a little money for".
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They are paid a small sum for each snake.
Roskop told me that she received "a small sum" for it.
Again, if one accepts Majeed's statements at face value, £150k was a small sum for him to make.
They get paid a small sum for this and, rather sweetly, are saving up for a set of kitchen knives.
Just a small sum for children, he says, who were about to go to a summer camp.
It's a small sum for a firm that made $1 billion last quarter, but one that should serve as a warning.
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Bain comes up with a smaller sum for a similar spread of sectors (see chart).
When the "Green surge" was just beginning, Ms Bennett endured an excruciating interview with Andrew Neil, in which she floundered, unable to explain how her party proposed to fund the £72-a-week universal basic income it proposed to pay to every man and woman in the country – with a smaller sum for children – at an estimated annual cost of £280bn.
In another study, we asked participants to work on a creative challenge, and we paid them a small sum of money for each idea they generated.
He offered a small sum of money for every illegal weapon handed in; these were melted down and recast, symbolically, as cutlery.
The club had paid their players a small sum of money for each game.
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