capital sum
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.
- Also called principal sum.
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How to use capital sum in a sentence
Houses and lands brought him in £7000 a year; and he had woods and goods worth a capital sum Character of Cobham.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingThus the rate of interest is always stated in proportion to the capital sum and to the time; five per cent.
Political economy | W. Stanley JevonsAll which sums of money, as I have said before, are taken out of the capital sum or common stock of what is got by their piracy.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century | Clarence Henry HaringIf the capital sum which these volumes have put into circulation be a very large one, has it contributed to my indulgences only?
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottThe capital sum which he lent is now increased, and very rapidly increased, for six per cent.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) | Thomas Hart Benton
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