to tote up

Examples

• All

• After the fundraiser, we will tote up the total donations received.

• He spent months and months measuring snails and toting up columns of figures sans computer, the worst sort of scientific drudgery.

  Academic text (1991)

• The golf shop lights reflected out around the edges of its half-closed shutters, and the shopkeeper could be glimpsed deep within, toting up figures, preparing to close up and go home.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The accountant had to tote up all the expenses before submitting the report.

• She took an hour to tote up the scores from the game before announcing the winner.

Synonyms

A

to add

vsto tote up

934 1.0

Put numbers or amounts together to find their total

is the basic arithmetic action used for simple numeric groups

S

to sum

vsto tote up

168 1.0

To add two or more numbers to find their total

is the same meaning often expressed in a different spoken or written form

A

to add up

vsto tote up

118 1.0

Find the total of several numbers

focuses on performing the calculation rather than only the result

T

to total

vsto tote up

65 1.0

To add numbers together to find the whole amount

emphasizes the act of calculating rather than the final figure

R

to roll up

vsto tote up

22 3.7

Collect small amounts until they become a larger total

means collecting or grouping broadly rather than performing precise arithmetic

T

to tally

vsto tote up

18 3.0

To count or add things like points and votes

focuses on straightforward numeric calculation rather than counting or recording

A

to add together

vsto tote up

7 1.0

To calculate the total of two or more numbers by putting them together

is used for the same basic combining action in everyday contexts

S

to sum up

vsto tote up

1 2.1

Add several numbers to find the total

is the same meaning often expressed in a different spoken or written form

T

to tot

vsto tote up

• UK

1 8.8

To add numbers together to find the total

is commonly found inside short common phrases rather than formal terms

F

to foot up

vsto tote up

• Jargon

1 8.4

Add numbers in a column to find the total

is the general calculation verb used across many everyday situations

T

to tot up

vsto tote up

• UK

5.1

To add a group of numbers to find the total

is used in the same way but often as a casual everyday expression

S

to summate

vsto tote up

7.8

To add small amounts together to make a total

is focused on simple numeric calculation rather than combined effects

How Formal

to compute

58 4.0

to calculate

210 2.8

to tote up

• UK

1 4.3

to add up

118 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology