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Addition problem's answer

By Daniel Johnston
•The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.•A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.•The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.•Height; completion; utmost degree.•A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.•To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.•To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.•To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.