Meaning of -cum- In English

• 0 used to join two nouns, showing that a person or thing does two things or has two purposes; combined with:

  • This is my bedroom-cum-study.

• 1 used to join two nouns, showing that a person or thing does two things or has two purposes; combined with:

  • She appointed the actor-cum-diplomat to the post.

• 2 used to mean 'with' when describing what the price of particular shares, bonds, etc. includes:

  • cum bonus/dividend/interest If a share price is 'cum dividend', it means that if you buy it now, you qualify for the dividend.

  • It is assumed a share or bond is dealing cum rights unless otherwise stated.

• 3 used to show that something has two purposes, or that someone does two things:

  • He now proposes to turn the disused site into a wind farm cum wildlife sanctuary.

  • Redundancy prompted one man to relaunch himself as a gardener cum odd job man.