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Tote
tote
(totes, toting, toted) 1. The Tote is a system of betting money on horses in races. (BRIT; in AM, use parimutuel) N-SING: the N 2. To tote something, especially a gun, means to carry it with you in such a way that people can see it. (JOURNALISM) The demonstrators fled when soldiers toting machine guns advanced on the crowd. VERB: V n • -toting They are too frightened to speak out against the gun-toting thugs... COMB in ADJ
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I. transitive verb (~d; toting) Etymology: probably from an English-based creole; akin to Gullah & Krio tot to carry, of Bantu origin; akin to Kikongo -tota to pick up, Kimbundu -tuta to carry Date: 1677 1. to carry by hand ; bear on the person ; lug, pack 2. haul, convey • ~r noun II. noun Date: circa 1772 1. burden, load 2. ~ bag III. transitive verb (~d; toting) Etymology: English dialect ~, noun, total Date: 1888 add, total — usually used with up ~d up his accomplishments — G. P. Morrill IV. noun Etymology: short for totalizator Date: 1891 pari-mutuel 2 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. sl. 1 a totalizator. 2 a lottery. Etymology: abbr. 2. v.tr. esp. US colloq. carry, convey, esp. a heavy load (toting a gun). Phrases and idioms tote bag a woman's large bag for shopping etc. tote box US a small container for goods. Derivatives toter n. (also in comb.). Etymology: 17th-c. US, prob. of dial. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сл. тотализатор 2. ам. разг. перевозка; переноска 3. ам. разг. груз 4. ам. разг. предназначенный или служащий для перевозки или переноски tote bag —- большая хозяйственная сумка tote bin (box) —- контейнер для перевозки (по железной дороге и т. п.) tote road —- подъездная автодорога; временная дорога 5. ам. разг. нести (в руках, на спине) to tote a load —- нести груз 6. ам. разг. уносить домой (остатки продуктов из кухни ресторана и т. п.) 7. ам. разг. водить с места на место; переносить, перевозить 8. ам. разг. быть вооруженным to tote a gun —- иметь при себе оружие ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun sl.; abbr. of totalizator II coll. 1. v. нести; перевозить 2. noun 1) груз 2) перевозка ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 also tote around ~ v informal especially AmE to carry something, especially regularly (having to tote around heavy textbooks) ~2 n a machine that adds together the amounts of money bet on a race and divides it among the winners ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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physiol. abbr. Take One This Evening mil. abbr. Test Operate Test Exit mil. abbr. Test Operate Test And Exit meteo abbr. Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 1677, originally in Virginia, possibly from a W.African language (cf. Kikongo tota "pick up," Kimbundu tuta "carry, load," related to Swahili tuta "pile up, carry"). Tote bag is first recorded 1900. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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