cumes

Noun

cume (plural cumes)

1. Cumulative box office receipts.
   • With a cume so far of more than $38,000, the film has already outgrossed Godard’s previous feature, “Film socialisme” (2010), despite having opened on far fewer screens.2014 November 4, Justin Chang, “Why Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ Demands a Wider 3D Release”, in Variety
2. Cumulative audience.
   • Compare cume to the number of shoppers that go into a supermarket. Let's imagine that the station has no listeners and the supermarket has no shoppers.2004, Steve Warren, Radio
3. Cumulative grade point average.
   • The pucks don’t bounce, the trains don’t spring, my cume is gonna fall,
     And unless I pass that final quiz I’ll be screwed right to the wall.1965, Matt Fichtenbaum, Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw”, in The Broadside of Boston, volume III, number 22

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