capital sum

American  

noun

Insurance.

1. the maximum amount collectable for accidental death or for some major disabling injury, as one resulting in the loss of an eye, leg, or arm.

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capital sum

The interest-only mortgage on the three-bedroom property was taken out more than 20 years ago in the hope he and his then wife would save up enough to eventually cover the capital sum.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

But there are invisible laws of compensation at work to be sure that a fixed capital sum of these things remains in place.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2015

That the returns to extant wealth are going to be so high in the future that people will be able to maintain their consumption without ever touching that capital sum at all.

From Forbes ● Jun. 3, 2014

It was allowed to leak out that the Government intended to impose a capital levy of 10% in the form of a mortgage under which 1% per annum of the capital sum must be paid.

From Time Magazine Archive

May it please my lord, this is the grand capital sum; but there are certain parcels behind, as you shall see.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew