tote up
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Definition
Verb: 1. To calculate the total sum of numbers or quantities: This verb means to add together multiple numbers or items to find their combined total. It is often used in contexts involving counting, accounting, or simple arithmetic.
Usage
The verb "tote up" is used to describe the action of summing or totaling. It is typically followed by the items being counted or the numbers being added. * The cashier will tote up the bill. * Can you tote up our scores from the game? * I need to tote up all my expenses for the month.
Advanced Usage
- "to tote up the cost/consequences": Used figuratively to mean to calculate or consider the total impact or implications of something.
- Before making a decision, you should tote up the potential consequences.
Variants and Related Words
- Tote (verb): While "tote" alone typically means to carry something, in the specific phrasal verb "tote up," it combines with "up" to create the meaning of summation.
- Tote board (noun): A large board for displaying cumulative scores or totals, often at racetracks.
Synonyms
- Add up: To calculate the total of.
- Sum: To find the total amount.
- Total: To amount to as a whole.
- Tally: To count or record a total.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Add up: This is a very common synonym with identical meaning.
- Please add up these columns of numbers.
- Tot up: A variant form with the same meaning as "tote up."
- He quickly totted up the figures in his head.
Verb
- determine the sum of
- Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town