summing-up

[suhm-ing-uhp]

noun

plural

summings-up 

1. a summation or statement made for the purpose of reviewing the basic concepts or principles of an argument, story, explanation, testimony, or the like, and usually presented at the end.

summing-up

noun

1. a review or summary of the main points of an argument, speech, etc

2. a direction regarding the law and a summary of the evidence, given by a judge in his address to the jury before they retire to consider their verdict

Word History and Origins

Origin of summing-up¹

1780–90; sum up + -ing ¹