all told
Everything counted up
All told means when everything is counted or considered—a summing-up phrase that signals a final tally: All told, we raised nearly ten thousand dollars.
The expression can introduce a conclusion after weighing various factors: It was, all told, a successful evening despite the rain.
- altogetherIn total; completely
- grand totalComplete sum of parts
- entirelyTo the full extent
- completelyTo the fullest extent
- sumAddition's result
taken together · at the end of the day · aggregate · whole · fully · reckoning · cumulative · total · tally · final count · on balance · bottom line · net result · counted · thoroughly · absolutely · overall · combined
completeness of count
all toldpartially
To an incomplete extent
in part · not counting · incompletely · excluding · not including
precision of accounting
all toldapproximately
Close but not exact
roughly · about · more or less · around · give or take