🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

एकमुश्त भुगतान

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ekamusht bhugtaan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lump-sum/ˈlʌmp.sʌm/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसने पूरे प्रोजेक्ट के लिए एकमुश्त भुगतान की मांग की।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A single payment made at one time, rather than a series of payments.

    "The contractor requested a lump-sum payment for the entire project."
  2. 2

    An amount of money that is paid in one installment.

    "She received a lump-sum distribution from her retirement account."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'lump', originating from Middle English meaning a compact mass or piece, with 'sum', derived from Old French 'some' and Latin 'summa' meaning the highest part or total. First recorded in the early 19th century, it originally referred to a total amount of money paid in a single single payment rather than in installments.

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