total

/'təυt(ə)l/ adjective

complete or with everything added together

● The total amount owed is now £1000.

● The company has total assets of over £1bn.

● The total cost was much more than expected.

● Total expenditure on publicity is twice that of last year.

● Our total income from exports rose last year.

♦ the cargo was written off as a total loss the cargo was so badly damaged that the insurers said it had no value

♦ total income all income from all sources

■ noun

an amount which is complete, with everything added up

● The total of the charges comes to more than £1,000.

■ verb

to add up to

● costs totalling more than £25,000

NOTE: UK English is totalling–totalled, but the US spelling is totaling–totaled.)