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grand total


The entire or final sum.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


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.


Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    grand poobah

    A person who is important or high-ranking.

  2. 02

    grand scheme

    The totality of the situation approached objectively; the big picture.

  3. 03

    total package

    Something or someone that possesses a complete set of desired or expected characteristics.

Last updated August 10, 2026