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Grammar : Verb
Spell : tot
Phonetic Transcription : tɒt



Definition of tot up

Origin :
  • "little child," 1725, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortened form of totter, or related to Old Norse tottr, nickname of a dwarf (cf. Swedish tutte "little child," Danish tommel-tot "little child," in which the first element means "thumb").
  • As in reckon : verb add up; evaluate
  • As in add : verb simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
  • As in tot : verb add
  • As in totalize : verb add
  • As in count : verb add, check in order
  • As in figure : verb calculate, compute
Example sentences :
  • The enemy's artillery was active, and the list of casualties began to tot up.
  • Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
  • We want a statistician like this to tot up the German indemnity.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, March 12, 1919 » by Various
  • Destiny is the grandiose title we give to the grand total of a long column of accidents when we stop to tot up the figures.
  • Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes
  • Weigh the pro and the con: tot up the sum of possible suffering and certain misery.
  • Extract from : « Three Plays by Brieux » by Eugne Brieux
  • I therefore amuse myself by going through my daily record, to tot up the gross returns.
  • Extract from : « Lines in Pleasant Places » by William Senior
  • It must tot up to quite a decent sum in the course of a year, not to mention pew rent!
  • Extract from : « The Luckiest Girl in the School » by Angela Brazil
  • Every night before going to bed I tot up on my fingers the amount of the bequest I feel I ought to receive.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

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