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Tote — Nombre Jorge López Marco Apodo … Wikipedia Español
Tote — may refer to: *Tote, abbreviation for Totalisator, the name for the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets **Tote Tasmania, Tasmanian totalisator… … Wikipedia
Tote — Tote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toting}.] [Said to be of African origin.] To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote a gun on one s hip; a colloquial word originating in the Southern States, and used there… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tote — Tote, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.] The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tote — also tote around v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from Gullah tot to carry , probably from a West African language] informal especially AmE to carry something, especially regularly ▪ Kids have to tote heavy textbooks around … Dictionary of contemporary English
tote — Ⅰ. tote [1] ► NOUN (the tote) informal ▪ a system of betting based on the use of the totalizator, in which dividends are calculated according to the amount staked rather than odds offered. Ⅱ. tote [2] ► VERB informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ carry … English terms dictionary
Tote — [təut US tout] n the Tote a system in Britain in which a machine adds together the amounts of money ↑bet on a horse race and divides the total among the people who bet on the winner … Dictionary of contemporary English
tote — (v.) to carry, 1670s, of unknown origin; originally attested in Virginia, but OED discounts the popular theory of its origin in a W.African language (Cf. Kikongo tota pick up, Kimbundu tuta carry, load, related to Swahili tuta pile up, carry ).… … Etymology dictionary
tote — ☆ tote1 [tōt ] vt. toted, toting [prob. of Afr orig., as in Kongo tota, to pick up] Informal 1. to carry or haul, esp. in the arms or on the back 2. to be armed with (a gun, etc.) n. 1. Informal a) the act of toting … English World dictionary
tote — tote. (Del chibcha btohotynsuca, reventar). m. Col. Rosetas de maíz. || 2. Col. Artefacto de fósforo que estalla al golpearlo. || 3. Hond. Enfermedad del maíz ocasionada por el hongo que produce un micelio cuyas células se transforman originando… … Enciclopedia Universal
