oversum

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oversum

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From over- + sum.

noun oversums

A whole that is more than the sum of its parts; superaddition. The tradition consists in understanding a politically active unit as an oversum (that is, a super-additive entity): The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

verb oversums · oversumming · oversummed

To add up incorrectly, arriving at a total that is too large. In an account in the ledger, which has been ruled off as square, it is found that the credit side has been oversummed by £ 100.

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@misc{oversum_2026,
  title = {oversum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oversum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}