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noun

Lump n.

1.

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. " A lump of cheese." " This lump of clay."

2.

A mass or aggregation of things.

3.

(Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

In the lump,

In a lump, the whole together; in gross. "They may buy them in the lump."

Lump coal, coal in large lumps; the largest size brought from the mine.

Lump sum,

(a)

a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.

(b)

a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as contrasted with the alternate choice of several payments over a period of time; sometimes allowed, e.g., as an alternative to periodical pension payments for a lifetime.

verb

Lump v. i. (past & past part. lumped; pres. part. lumping)

1.

To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. "The expenses ought to be lumped together."

2.

To take in the gross; to speak of collectively. "Not forgetting all others,... whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together."

3.

To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he doesn't like it, he can lump it. (Low)

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Etymology of 'Lump'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lump" Quotes from Famous Books

... certain collectivists admit of corporations being paid a lump sum for work done. Thus a corporation would say: "Here are a hundred tons of steel. A hundred workmen were required to produce them, and it took them ten days. Their work-day being an eight-hours day, ...

— The Conquest of Bread • Peter Kropotkin

... me sell Redford to somebody else, and have the lump money to pay all the debts in a plain way that I could understand, and take the remainder for ourselves, and know that we were straight and free, I would do anything you liked ...

— Sisters • Ada Cambridge

... a fiddle, a clarionet, and a flageolet from the Blind Asylum. The three were paid seven francs in a lump sum for the night. For the money, they gave us, not Beethoven certainly, nor yet Rossini; they played as they had the will and the skill; and every one in the room (with charming delicacy of feeling) refrained ...

— Facino Cane • Honore de Balzac

... classic nations of old, and with the British islanders of more recent times. Two hundred and sixty years before the date of Hippocrates (460 B.C.) the prophet Isaiah bade King Hezekiah, when sick unto death, "take a lump of Figs, and lay it on the boil; and straightway the ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

... immediately what the miracle was that could smooth his brow. Melissa, however, would not tell him till it came in its place in her story. So he had to submit; he drew his seat up to the table, and took up a lump of modeling-wax to keep his restless fingers employed while he listened. She, too, sat down; she ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

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