grand total

idiom

Meaning

The entire or final sum.

Examples

SIMPLE

The grand total for our shopping is fifty dollars.

CONTEXTUAL

After adding the tax and the service fee, the grand total came to exactly two hundred dollars.

COMPLEX

Once the accountant finished auditing the various accounts, the grand total of the company's annual losses was far higher than the board had anticipated.

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