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sum totals

sum totals is the plural of sum total.

Meaning of sum total

Noun

sum total (plural sum totals)

  1. Total; the result of adding a set of figures or counting a number of items.
    • It may be noted that the maximum number and sum total in points of the table may be changed to the second mode simply by multiplying them by two.1890, The British Chess Magazine - Volume 10, page 494
    Synonyms:
    aggregate
  2. Entirety; the aggregate of everything.
    • The sum total of my belongings is the clothes in my knapsack.
  3. Epitome.
    • Moreover, by and by the Church will come "out of the tribulation, the great one," the sum total of all tribulations.1998, William Hendriksen, More Than Conquerors: An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation, →ISBN

Questions about sum totals

What is sum totals the plural of?
Sum totals is the plural of sum total.

Words near sum totals in the dictionary

  1. sum assured
  2. sum of best
  3. sum of its parts
  4. sum of parts
  5. sum total
  6. sum totals
  7. sum up
  8. sum-total
  9. sum-totals
  10. sum-up
  11. sum-ups

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