Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of total
"The final scores for all three rounds totaled 450 points."
In plain English: Totals are the final numbers you get when you add up all the other amounts together.
"The total sales for the month exceeded our goals by thousands of dollars."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of total
"The final score totals 42 points after both teams finish their quarters."
In plain English: To totals something means to add up all its parts to find the final sum.
"The final score totals three hundred points."
Totals comes from Old French total, derived from Latin totus meaning "whole" or "entire." It originally referred to something complete before evolving to mean the sum of all figures.