What is "totalling"

Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaledor Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.]

1. To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.]

2. to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill.

3. To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss.

vb. (present participle of total English)

1. adj. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" [syn: entire, full]

2. including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed" [syn: overall]

3. without conditions or limitations; "a total ban" [syn: absolute, unconditioned]

4. complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: full]

5. [also: totalling, totalled]

1. n. the whole amount [syn: sum, totality, aggregate]

2. a quantity obtained by addition [syn: sum, amount]

3. [also: totalling, totalled]

1. v. add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: number, add up, come, amount]

2. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]

3. [also: totalling, totalled]

See total