grand total
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- noun
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total
- After adding all the expenses, the grand total was $2,000.
I did purchase a few other things, so we're not done with the grand total yet.
- I did purchase a few other things, so we're not done with the grand total yet.
- And if you do, money comes out of the grand total pot.
Examples
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That makes a grand total of $581,544.
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Given that close to a thousand companies eventually agreed to terms, the grand total exceeded $1 billion.
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And then you want to get the grand total for that.
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Just give me the grand total.
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The grand total was about nine million, as compared to more than three hundred million today.
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I had just purchased it for the grand total of $20 from the local Salvation Army.
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Pat and I bought two more cars today, bringing our grand total up to three currently in our stable.
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The grand total on your room will come to $485 per night.
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That amounts to a grand total of 2,555 dollars.
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States contributed another $283 billion to welfare programs, making the grand total spent on welfare in America $1.03 trillion.
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Synonyms
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1.0
The whole amount you get when you add numbers together
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5.8
The total amount formed by adding several separate parts
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The whole amount you get after you add all parts
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4.8
The total you get when you add things together
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Morphology
The noun 'total' already conveys the idea of a sum, and 'grand' functions as an intensifier meaning 'overall' or 'final' rather than its primary sense 'magnificent', so the combined meaning is partly derivable from the parts. However, the specific use of 'grand' to mean 'overall/final' is a collocational convention that may not be obvious to a B1 learner who only knows the basic senses of 'grand', so full predictability is limited.
Etymology
The phrase grand total comes from a simple idea: grand meant 'big' and total meant the whole sum. The picture to remember is the biggest number at the bottom of a bill, so grand total means 'the final amount' after you add everything.