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Definition of Lump

Lump
Lump Lump, n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.] 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.' --Piers Plowman. `` This lump of clay.' --Shak. 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. --Addison. Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine. Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.

Meaning of Lump from wikipedia

- up lump in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lump may refer to: "Lump" (song), a 1995 song by The Presidents of the United States of America Lump (compilation...
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- The Irish Lumper is a varietal white potato of historic interest. It has been identified as the variety of potato whose widespread cultivation throughout...
- Look up lumper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lumper may refer to: a scholar who ****igns examples broadly, judging that differences are not as important...
- Pic****o & Lump: A Dachshund's Odyssey (ISBN 0821258109) is a 2006 book by David Douglas Duncan that features professional photographs of Pablo Pic****o...
- A lump sum is a single payment of money, as opposed to a series of payments made over time (such as an annuity). The United States Department of Housing...
- Lumpers and splitters are opposing factions in any academic discipline that has to place individual examples into rigorously defined categories. The lumper–splitter...
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- In economics, the lump of labour fallacy is the misconception that there is a finite amount of work—a lump of labour—to be done within an economy which...
- A lump-sum tax is a special way of taxation, based on a fixed amount, rather than on the real cir****stance of the taxed entity. In this, the entity cannot...