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TOTALLING
TOTAL
total
(verb) damage beyond the point of repair; “My son totaled our new car”; “the rock star totals his guitar at every concert”
total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
(verb) determine the sum of; “Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”
total, number, add up, come, amount
(verb) add up in number or quantity; “The bills amounted to $2,000”; “The bill came to $2,000”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
totalling
present participle of total
Anagrams
• allotting
Source: Wiktionary
TOTAL
To"tal, a. Etym: [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]
Definition: Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Milton. Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.
– Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.
Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.
To"tal, n.
Definition: The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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