adj.
- comprising the whole number or amount.
- complete; absolute.
n.
a total number or amount.
v.
(totals, totalling, totalled; US totals, totaling, totaled)
- amount in number to.
▸find the total of.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. destroy or kill.
Derivative
- totalization
or totalisation n. - totalize
or totalise v. - totally adv.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from med. L. totalis, from totum ‘the whole’, neut. of L. totus ‘whole’.