Meanings
plural missummations
- archaicWrong summation; incorrect addition.
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.
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLCSynonyms: misaddition
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWrong summation; incorrect addition.
Origin
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