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summary

▪ I. summary sum‧ma‧ry ¹ [ˈsʌməri] noun summaries _PLURALFORM [countable]

a short statement that gives the main information contained in a document, plan etc or the main things that happened at an event, without giving all the details:

• Here is a summary of the Commerce Department's report on business inventories.

exˌecutive ˈsummary

a summary of the most important points of a business plan or proposal:

• The executive summary is the first part of the business plan that everyone will read, and it may be the only part that some individuals will read.

[m0] ▪ II. summary summary ² adjective [only before a noun]

1. giving the main points, but not all the details:

• The internal review board issued a summary report on 5 April.

2. done immediately, without paying attention to the usual processes, rules etc:

• This is classed as gross misconduct, justifying summary dismissal, ie without notice.

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summary UK US /ˈsʌm^əri/ noun [C] (plural summaries)

► a short statement of the main ideas or facts in a report, discussion, etc.: a summary of sth »The article offers a summary of best practices.
»Many of these problems could have been avoided according to a summary of the study released yesterday.
»a brief/short/written summary
provide/produce/publish a summary »Table 12.4 provides a summary of how management perspectives have changed over the last 50 years.

► FINANCE, ACCOUNTING a list of the different amounts of money that have been spent and received, for example, on a bank statement

● in summary — Cf. in summary

→ See also EXECUTIVE SUMMARY(Cf. ↑executive summary), MANAGEMENT SUMMARY(Cf. ↑management summary)

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summary UK US /ˈsʌm^əri/ adjective [before noun]

► giving the main ideas or facts of a discussion, report, etc., but not the details: »summary information/reports/observations

► LAW done suddenly, without discussion or the usual or accepted processes: »summary arrest/execution/proceedings

Financial and business terms. 2012.