Pagar el total de algo en una sola cuota, dar el total de un pago en una sola cuota.

To pay in one lump sum, to give one lump sum.

He paid me back in one lump sum.

"She was given a lump sum when she retired."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Online.

In News:

"However, if your wages have been garnished in the first place, it probably meant that you could not afford to pay off your taxes in one lump sum.

JD Supra (Press release)

"JobsOhio, a private corporation created by Gov. John R. Kasich to streamline efficiencies in the state's efforts to attract new business, will pay a lump sum of $1.4 billion and a portion of future profits for the rights to sell Ohio's wholesale liquor franchises for 25 years, and then use the money it makes to fund economic-development initiatives across the state. "
Journal Daily.

In Cartoons:


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Hi and Louis (King Features)




Verb Tenses Exercises.