(literally) A large amount of money. / (ironically) A small amount of money.

The essential meaning of written or spoken words; gist, crux.

(mathematics) A certain kind of approximation of an integral by a finite sum that is calculated by dividing the interval of integration into smaller sub-intervals and summing sample values of the integrand inside those sub-intervals multiplied by their lengths.

(mathematics) The sum of ranks of members of a sample population

plural of sum-total

(game theory) A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.

Concept in holism related to the idea that the total effectiveness of a group of things each interacting with one another is different or greater than their effectiveness when acting in isolation from one another.

plural of zero-sum game

(statistics) the sum of the squared residuals between some model and a dataset; a measure of how well the model fits with the data

(finance) A bond issued outside of China but denominated in Chinese renminbi, rather than the local currency.