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The Guardian published the story after the Daily Telegraph refused to for fear of offending its readers, even after the paper had paid a substantial sum to secure the exclusive rights.
Some may ask for rent in advance while others will require a lump sum of money to be returned providing the house is well kept Read it back-to-front and get your university's student advice service or student union to check it over.
The Luxembourg arm, through which much of the tax planning business was channelled, reported profits of £1.4bn in 2013, a sum which should halve this year, the finance director, Tushar Morzaria, said.
The South Yorkshire club confirmed the Thai company has bought 100% of the club's shares from the previous owner Milan Mandaric's company, UKFI Limited, for an as yet undisclosed sum , reported to be around £30m.
It could well make sense not to accept a lump sum contribution to the purchase of the property but to accept a regular contribution to living expenses instead.
Some will take a cash lump sum that better meets their needs than a level income stream, and some will reinvest in a pension drawdown fund and withdraw money later.
As an example of how it might work, someone who earns £20,000 a year and also received £250 in savings interest will not have to pay tax on the latter sum as it is well within their £1,000 savings allowance.
One woman, who had bought her Southwark council flat as Thatcher and Blair encouraged her to, had been offered a risible sum to get out.
Small print in the Lloyds annual report shows that the new head of risk, Juan Colombás, received £3.1m in 2013 and is entitled to a lump sum of £718,996 when he reaches retirement age or leaves due to ill-health.
Brands like Cadbury have also shown that even for consumers who ultimately end up seeing both TV and online advertising the combined effect can be far more effective than the sum of its parts.
I remember, for example, being encouraged (ie conned) by my grandson into downloading a "free" app featuring a charming kitten, only to discover that if one wanted to clothe this animal in some daft costume or other then one had to shell out a tidy sum for each costume.
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The word "sum" functions primarily as a noun , denoting a quantity obtained by addition or aggregation. As Ludwig confirms, it is used to describe both mathematical results and amounts of money. It can also function as a verb , meaning to add together or summarize.
Expression frequency: Very common
