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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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