totalizing

verb

present participle of totalize
as in adding
to combine (numbers) into a single sum when we totalized our restaurant receipts for a month, the result was a little startling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for totalizing
  1. adding
  2. subtracting
  3. calculating
  4. summing
Verb
  • The Mountain West has since rebuilt its roster by adding UTEP, Grand Canyon and UC Davis as full members, and Northern Illinois and North Dakota State as football-only affiliates.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • For example, homes adding energy-efficient windows and doors had a nine times growth, along with a six times increase in insulation and weatherization since 2022.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of adding
Verb
  • Days later, the contract was amended with one change, subtracting a single dollar, dropping it to $249,999 — one dollar below the threshold requiring City Council approval.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • For example, a card with a $95 annual fee that earns $580 in cash back over the course of a year leaves you $485 ahead after subtracting the fee.
    — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
Definition of subtracting
Verb
  • Waterford’s zoning board rejected that plan, with some commissioners calculating it could have opened the door to as many as 1,500 apartments.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The judge will sort that out at an evidentiary hearing in September before calculating the final interest award.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of calculating
Verb
  • Speaking time per person was calculated by summing the duration of each of their utterances and excluding silent gaps.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
  • There’s no better way of summing them up.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Definition of summing
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