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tote

1  [toht] ,verb, tot⋅ed, tot⋅ing, noun
Use tote in a Sentence
–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

tote

3  [toht] ,
–noun Informal.
a totalizator.
Origin:
1890–95; by shortening

tote bag

 
–noun
an open handbag or shopping bag used esp. for carrying packages or small items.
Also called tote.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism
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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.
tote 3   (tōt)   
n.   Informal
A pari-mutuel machine.

[Short for totalizator.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Tote

Tote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.] [Said to be of African origin.] To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.

Tote

Tote\, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.] The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : tote
Spanish: acarrear,
German: schleppen,
Japanese: 持っていく
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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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