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tot

1  [tot] ,
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–noun
1. a small child.
2. Chiefly British. a small portion of a beverage, esp. a dram of liquor.
3. a small quantity of anything.
Origin:
1680–90; perh. short for totterer

tot

2  [tot] ,verb, tot⋅ted, tot⋅ting, noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to add; total (often fol. by up).
–noun
2. a total.
3. the act of adding.
4. British Informal. a column of numbers to be added.
Origin:
1745–55; < L: so much, so many

tot.

 
total.
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tot 1   (tŏt)   
n.  

  1. A small child.

  2. A small amount, as of liquor.


[Origin unknown.]
tot 2   (tŏt)   
tr.v.   tot·ted, tot·ting, tots
To total: totted up the bill.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

tot  (1)
"little child," 1725, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortened form of totter, or related to O.N. tottr, nickname of a dwarf (cf. Swed. tutte "little child," Dan. tommel-tot "little child," in which the first element means "thumb").

tot  (2)
"to reckon up," 1760, from tot (n.), first recorded 1690, short for total.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
TOT

  1. time of travel

  2. time over target

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