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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Example Sentences

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

Last week Bucharest buzzed with the rumored terms of surrender: Queen Helen was said to have demanded a capital sum which would yield $40,000 in annual interest.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said that three thousand dollars, all I possessed, was a capital sum, but not sufficient to marry on, and that he could not risk his daughter’s happiness, etcetera, etcetera—you know the rest.

From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)