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Meaning of TOT

Pronunciation:  tât

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a young child
  2. [n]  a small amount (especially of a drink); "a tot of rum"
  3. [v]  determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
 
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 Synonyms: add, add together, add up, bambino, sum, sum up, summate, tally, toddler, tot up, total, tote up, yearling
 
 See Also: child, count, enumerate, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, number, numerate, shaver, small fry, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Tot\, n. [L.]
    Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to
    indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount
    specified, and often written opposite the item.
    
  2. \Tot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Totted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Totting}.]
    1. To mark with the word ``tot''; as, a totted debt. See
       {Tot}, n.
    2. [Cf. {Total}.] To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to
       total; -- often with up. [Colloq., Eng.]
             The last two tot up the bill.         --Thackeray.
    
  3. \Tot\, n. [Cf. {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totter}.]
    1. Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of
       endearment to a little child.
    2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.
       [Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell.
    3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
    
 

 

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