tot up

Calculate the total

Tot up means to add numbers together to reach a total, used chiefly in British English.

It often implies counting up smaller amounts or items to arrive at a sum: Let me tot up what you owe me.

The phrase can extend to non-numerical tallying, as when someone tots up wins and losses or pros and cons.

Tot up suggests a casual or informal calculation rather than rigorous accounting.

calculate

compute

Determine by calculation

sum · count · aggregate · quantify · determine · work out · enumerate · tabulate · accumulate · arrive at

accounting

ledger

Financial record book

credits · expenses · revenue · invoice · receipts · figures · accounts · audit · fiscal · reconcile

record

log

Sectioned tree trunk

itemize · list · record · compile · score · scorecard · checklist · cumulative · tracker · counter

Opposites
arithmetic operation

tot upsubtract

Remove from a sum

deduct · take away · minus · decrement · divide

aggregation vs. disaggregation

tot upbreak down

Fail mechanically or emotionally

write off · debit · itemize · disaggregate · separate out

Family

total, tot, tots, add up, totting, subtotal, totalize

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G