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mistotalling

mistotalling is the present participle and gerund of mistotal.

Meaning of mistotal

Verb

mistotal (third-person singular simple present mistotals, present participle (US) mistotaling or (UK) mistotalling, simple past and past participle (US) mistotaled or (UK) mistotalled)

  1. To incorrectly calculate a total.
    • Should you mistotal a check change the total in pencil and note on your cash sheet the amount over or under totaled as follows: 15 O T for over total and 20 UT for under total as the case or amount may be.1922, The Hotel World: The Hotel and Travelers Journal, page 17

Questions about mistotalling

What is mistotalling the present participle and gerund of?
Mistotalling is the present participle and gerund of mistotal.

Words near mistotalling in the dictionary

  1. mistossing
  2. mistotal
  3. mistotaled
  4. mistotaling
  5. mistotalled
  6. mistotalling
  7. mistotals
  8. mistouch
  9. mistouched
  10. mistouches
  11. mistouching

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mistotalling (page history and authors); mistotal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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