running total

Ongoing accumulated count

A running total is a sum that updates continuously as new values are added: The spreadsheet keeps a running total of expenses.

Unlike a final total calculated once at the end, a running total reflects the cumulative amount at any given point: By noon, the running total of donations had reached fifty thousand dollars.

cumulative

tally

Recorded count

summation · count · tabulation · addition · subtotal · accrual · buildup · amassment

continuous

incremental

Proceeding by small additions

successive · accumulative · additive · uninterrupted · persistent · steady · rolling · updating · real-time · dynamic

tracking

log

Sectioned tree trunk

scorekeeper · scoreboard · counter · tracker · monitoring · chronicle · enumeration · list · reckoning · tabulator

accounting

ledger

Financial record book

trial balance · debits · credits · reconciliation · accounts · entries · financials · expenses · revenue · profit

Categories
Opposites
accumulation method

running totalfixed amount

lump sum · single entry · subtraction · decrease

temporal nature

running totalclosing balance

Account total at period's end

grand total · bottom line

Family

total

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G