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Meaning of tot in English

(Definition of tot from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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But totting up the number of marginal citations - even totting them up accurately - tells us very little about the structure of the author's argument.
One way of interpreting this criticism is that it suggests that all a voting mechanism should do is consult people and tot up their preferences.
For example, should the teacher recommend using a tot (of) in place of much and many, or ignoring each (and perhaps every) in favour of all.
An army is not a kind of addition sum arrived at by totting up the garrisons here and there at a given moment.
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Clearly the totting up provision cannot be applied to the corporate body—the limited liability company that is running a large fleet of vehicles.
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Anybody, of any age, even children in perambulators, can be served with any sized tot.
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No one dared to make a figure because they did not know whether it would reach the correct figure when the staff were totted up.
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He said that it was by only 1p in the £, but all these pennies which we hear about tot up.
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I totted up the figures at a number of adjacent labour exchanges a little while ago.
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Totting up then, we have loans totalling £29 million; grants paid to date and to be paid this year, £16 million, making a total of £45 million.
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A few hundred children, ranging from tiny tots to husky young lads, and their counterparts amongst the girls, were all herded together.
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A tot is very strong, two doubles of very strong rum.
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His argument was that the provision of this tot of rum would make it dangerous for ratings in a service operational rôle.
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I did not very much appreciate the reference to the tot of rum.
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Simply totting up the fines imposed and then naming the companies that had received the largest fines was not, in my view, particularly scientific.
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Translations of tot

in Chinese (Traditional)
孩子, 小孩,幼兒, 飲料…
in Chinese (Simplified)
孩子, 小孩,幼儿, 饮料…
in Spanish
pequeño, pequeña, chiquitín…
in Portuguese
copo, gole, dose…
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ufaklık, bıcırık, bızdık…
bambin, goutte, larme…
dreumes, scheutje, optellen…
prcek, panák, slza…
lille trold, drink, tælle sammen…
anak kecil, sedikit, menambahkan…
เด็กเล็ก, ปริมาณเล็กน้อยของเครื่องดื่มมีแอลกอฮอล์, รวมทั้งหมด…
đứa trẻ nhỏ, một hớp nhỏ, thêm vào…
brzdąc, szkrab, kropelka…
liten unge, litet glas, summera…
budak kecil, seteguk, menjumlahkan…
der Knirps, das Schlückchen, zusammenzählen…
liten tass, smårolling, liten dram/tår…
маля, малюк, маленька чарка…
малыш, глоток (алкоголя)…
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