Missummation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wrong summation; incorrect addition. archaic

    "An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably."

Example

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"An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably."

Etymology

From mis- + summation.

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