What's the term to express "left money in my account" ? I found BALANCE, REMAINING SUM and REMAINING BALANCE. Are they identical? Thanks!
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oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/sum– KrisCommented Aug 7, 2014 at 5:22
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When speaking of a bank account, one normally uses 'balance', but everyone would perfectly understand what you meant if you said 'sum' or 'amount', which in this sense are synonyms.
When talking about the notes in your wallet and coin in your purse or pocket, however, one wouldn't use 'balance'. The usual term would be 'amount'.
Source: My own experience in American English (IN, KY, TN, FL)
"Balance" and "Remaining Balance" are common and familiar to me. "Remaining Sum" is odd because "Sum" is the result of addition, and the statement you're trying to make implies subtraction. If there was addition involved, we'd probably say "resulting balance." or "new balance".
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I beg to differ; certainly in BrE (which I have spoken in several of your US states as well as in Br) the term sum of money is entirely comprehensible and very commonly used to mean an amount, whether that amount be arrived at by addition, subtraction, multiplication or indeed theft. Commented Aug 7, 2014 at 5:19
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2Sum can mean "amount," in fact, that's the primary meaning according to oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/sum– KrisCommented Aug 7, 2014 at 5:19
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I can't argue with the comments above about the actual meaning of "sum", but the rest of my answer, I believe, holds true.– TecBratCommented Aug 7, 2014 at 10:00