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tot

2[tot] ,verb, tot·ted, tot·ting, noun
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to add; total (often followed by up).
noun
2.
a total.
3.
the act of adding.
4.
British Informal. a column of numbers to be added.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1745–55; < Latin: so much, so many

un·tot·ted, adjective
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totting (ˈtɒtɪŋ)
 
n
(Brit) the practice of searching through rubbish for usable or saleable items
 
[C19: of unknown origin]

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tot
"to reckon up," 1760, from tot (n.), first recorded 1690, short for total.
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