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total | lot |

As a noun total

is an amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

As an adjective total

is entire; relating to the whole of something.

As a verb total

is to add up; to calculate the sum of.

As a proper noun lot is

a nephew of abraham in the bible and quran.

total

English

Alternative forms

* totall (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
  • A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
  • (informal, mathematics) Sum.
  • The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

    Synonyms

    * (sum) sum

    Derived terms

    * subtotal

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Entire; relating to the whole of something.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
  • ((used as an intensifier)) Complete; absolute.
  • :
  • Synonyms

    * (entire) entire, full, whole * (complete) absolute, complete, utter; see also

    Derived terms

    * total war

    Verb

  • To add up; to calculate the sum of.
  • When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
  • To equal a total of; to amount to.
  • That totals seven times so far.
  • (transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
  • Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
  • To amount to; to add up to.
  • It totals nearly a pound.

    Synonyms

    * (add up) add up, sum * (demolish) demolish, trash, wreck

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    lot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large quantity or number; a great deal.
  • * W. Black
  • He wrote to her he might be detained in London by a lot of business.
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  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
  • A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
  • One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
  • (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
  • A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
  • * Kent
  • The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York.
  • That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
  • * Spenser
  • But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
  • Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xvi. 33
  • The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
  • * Shakespeare
  • If we draw lots , he speeds.
  • The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
  • * Milton
  • O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
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  • as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.
  • A prize in a lottery.
  • (Evelyn)
  • Allotment; lottery.
  • * 1990 : (Donald Kagan), Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy , chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; 2239)
  • The Greeks expected their leaders to show physical courage, whether in the athletic arena or in battle, as well as piety, generosity, and nobility. Cimon had risen to power chiefly because of his military prowess, and any rival must be able to show at least honorable service and military competence. By this time, moreover, the generals were coming to be the most important political figures in Athens. Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot . Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
  • All members of a set; everything.
  • The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot .
  • An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
  • Synonyms

    * (large quantity or number) load, mass, pile * (number of things taken collectively) batch, collection, group, set * crowd, gang, group * (distinct portion or plot of land) allotment, parcel, plot * (that which happens without human design or forethought) destiny, fate, fortune * (anything used in determining a question by chance) * (fate that falls to one by chance) * (prize in a lottery) prize * See also

    Derived terms

    * a lot

    Verb

  • (dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
  • (US, informal, dated) To count]] or [[reckon on, reckon (on'' or ''upon ).
  • Anagrams

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