tote

tr.v. Informal., tot·ed, tot·ing, totes.

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.]

totable tot'a·ble adj.
toter tot'er n.
tote² (tōt)
tr.v. Informal., tot·ed, tot·ing, totes.

1. To determine the total of; add up.
2. To sum up; summarize.

tote³ (tōt)
n. Informal.

A pari-mutuel machine.

[Short for TOTALIZATOR.]

verb

To move while supporting: bear, carry, convey, lug², transport. Slang schlep. See over/under.

Origin: 1677

North and South already showed dialect differences half a century after the first speakers of English had arrived. Where northerners said carry, southerners said tote. In 1677, the soldiers of the Governor of Virginia were commanded "to goe to work, fall trees and mawle and toat rails, which many...refusing to doe, he presently disarm'd them."

Those soldiers were white, but much of the toting in the South was done by African slaves. So it is not surprising that tota and tuta, meaning "to pick up" or "to carry" in Bantu languages of west central Africa, have been proposed as precursors of this word whose origin is undetermined.

It has remained a regional or or slang word for most of its long life. But today tote is known throughout the English-speaking world thanks to the tote bag, an invention of about 1900.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a capacious bag or basket
  Synonyms: carryall, holdall, tote bag

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The verb tote has one meaning:

Meaning #1: carry with difficulty
  Synonyms: lug, tug

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - totalisatorspil

2.
v. tr. - bære, transportere
n. - læs, byrde

idioms:

• tote bag    indkøbstaske

3.
v. tr. - sammentælle

Nederlands (Dutch)
(bij zich) dragen (van wapens), toto (totalisator)

Français (French)
1.
n. - totalisateur de paris

2.
v. tr. - trimbaler
n. - fardeau, chargement

idioms:

• tote bag    (US) sac fourre-tout

3.
v. tr. - calculer le total de, additionner

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Toto, Totalisator

2.
v. - (mit sich) schleppen
n. - Tragen

idioms:

• tote bag    große (Einkaufs)tasche

3.
v. - stimmen, zusammenzählen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεταφέρω, κουβαλώ, επιδεικνύω, μοστράρω
n. - αθροιστής (στοιχημάτων ιπποδρόμου), λοταρία

idioms:

• tote bag    (ΗΠΑ) γυναικεία τσάντα για ψώνια

Italiano (Italian)
totalizzatore, trasportare

idioms:

• tote bag    sporta

Português (Portuguese)
v. - carregar, transportar mercadorias
abbr. - totalizador (m)
n. - máquina que totaliza as apostas

idioms:

• tote bag    sacola (f)

Русский (Russian)
(амер. разг.) перевозка груза, тотализатор

idioms:

• tote bag    большая хозяйственная сумка

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - totalizador

2.
v. tr. - acarrear, transportar, llevar en brazos
n. - carga, peso

idioms:

• tote bag    bolso grande, bolsón

3.
v. tr. - sumar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bära på (am.), släpa, forsla, transportera
abbr. - totalizator, toto
n. - last börda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 提, 携带, 负, 搬运, 搬运物, 携带物

idioms:

• tote bag    大手提袋, 购物袋

2. 提, 携带, 负

3. 赛马赌金计算器

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 提, 攜帶, 負
n. - 搬運, 搬運物, 攜帶, 攜帶物

idioms:

• tote bag    大手提袋, 購物袋

2.
v. tr. - 提, 攜帶, 負

3.
n. - 賽馬賭金計算器

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (총계 액 계산기를 사용한) 내기 방식

2.
v. tr. - 나르다, 짊어지다
n. - 나르기, 나르는 것

3.
v. tr. - 합계하다, 합치다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 運ぶ, 携帯する, 合計する
n. - 賭け率標示器, 荷物

idioms:

• tote bag    大型バッグ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينقل, يحمل (الاسم) حمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מכונת-הימורים, מסכם, רשם-הימורים, שיטת התערבות המבוססת על מכשיר המחשב את סכומי ההתערבות כדי לחלק את הפרסים‬
v. tr. - ‮נשא (נשק), העביר (מטען כבד)‬
n. - ‮מטען, נטל‬
v. tr. - ‮חיבר, סיכם‬

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