TOTE

carryall, holdall, tote, tote bag

(noun) a capacious bag or basket

lug, tote, tug

(verb) carry with difficulty; “You’ll have to lug this suitcase”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

tote (plural totes)

A tote bag.

A heavy burden.

(logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.

Verb

tote (third-person singular simple present totes, present participle toting, simple past and past participle toted)

To carry or bear.

Etymology 2

Verb

tote (third-person singular simple present totes, present participle toting, simple past and past participle toted)

To add up; to calculate a total.

Etymology 3

Noun

tote (plural totes)

(British, AU) A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.

(British, AU) Pari-mutuel betting.

Source: Wiktionary


Tote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.] Etym: [Said to be of African origin.]

Definition: To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.

Tote, n. Etym: [L. totum, fr.totus all, whole.]

Definition: The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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