grand total

noun

: a final total reached by adding together other total amounts
They have managed to raise a grand total of $15 million in the past two years.
often used in a humorous or critical way to refer to a total that is unusually small
A grand total of two people have signed up for the class.
They scored a grand total of three points in the first quarter.

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Lowes Foods had the most expensive prices, with a grand total of $71.85 for all 10 items. Evan Moore june 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025 Collecting vast sums of cash-on-loan from some particularly disreputable business associates, Charles opened The Egyptian Tomb Lounge in Reno, Nevada, which operated for a grand total of four months before unceremoniously burning to the ground. Hazlitt, 18 June 2025 Per Holliday, that makes for a grand total of 55 radiocarbon results in support of the earlier dates across the three studies. ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025 After buying two $5,000,000 Fortune scratch-offs for a grand total of $100, the man won a $100,000 prize, according to the lottery. Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for grand total

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“Grand total.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20total. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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