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tote

1  [toht] ,verb, tot⋅ed, tot⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to carry, as on one's back or in one's arms: to tote a bundle.
2. to carry on one's person: to tote a gun.
3. to transport or convey, as on a vehicle or boat.
–noun
4. the act or course of toting.
5. something that is toted.
6. tote bag.
Origin:
1670–80, Americanism; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
tot⋅a⋅ble, tote⋅a⋅ble, adjective
toter, noun
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tote

2  [toht] ,
–verb (used with object), tot⋅ed, tot⋅ing.
Informal. to add up; total.
Origin:
1885–90; prob. v. use of tote, shortening of total
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tote 1   (tōt)   
tr.v.   tot·ed, tot·ing, totes Informal

  1. To haul; lug.

  2. To have on one's person; pack: toting guns.

n.  

  1. Informal A load; a burden.

  2. A tote bag.


[Perhaps (via Black West African English) of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo -tota, to pick up, and Swahili -tuta, to pile up, carry.]
tot'a·ble adj., tot'er n.
tote 2   (tōt)   
tr.v.   tot·ed, tot·ing, totes Informal

  1. To determine the total of; add up.

  2. To sum up; summarize.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
tote

  1. n.
    someone who abstains from alcohol. (From total abstainer.) : I'm not a tote, but I do have a limit—rather low by your standards. , Have a drink, or are you still a tote?
  2. n.
    a small portion of cannabis. (Drugs.) : The cops found a tote when they tossed Bart, but that was all.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tote 
"to carry," 1677, of unknown origin; originally attested in Virginia, but OED discounts the popular theory of its origin in a W.African language (cf. Kikongo tota "pick up," Kimbundu tuta "carry, load," related to Swahili tuta "pile up, carry"). Tote bag is first recorded 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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