See Also: TOTAL(law)
total(1)(dictionary)
sum total(dictionary)
Total(medicine)
Total(money)
total war(encyclopedia)
sum total(dictionary)
total(2)(dictionary)
TOTAL(finance)
total cystectomy(medicine)

total(2) (iou)



total verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. L16.
[from TOTAL adjective & noun.]
verb trans. Find the total of, add up. Also (US), work out. L16.
G. Brown I had to total up contributions to see how much each member was in arrears.
a. verb trans. Amount in number to. M19.
E. Pawel The city's population totaled 303,000.
b. verb intrans. Amount to, mount up to. L19.
M. Puzo The contents of the..purse..totaled up to over twenty thousand dollars.
verb trans. Damage beyond repair; demolish, wreck; kill, injure severely. Chiefly N. Amer. slang. L19.
A. T. Ellis If you've totalled my bike you'll have to buy me another.