mistotal

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ total

Verb

mistotal (third-person singular simple present mistotals, present participle (UK) mistotalling or (US) mistotaling, simple past and past participle (UK) mistotalled or (US) mistotaled)

1. To incorrectly calculate a total.

   Coordinate terms: misadd, miscount

   • 1922, The Hotel World: The Hotel and Travelers Journal, page 17:

     Should you mistotal a check change the total in pencil and note on your cash sheet the amount over or under totaled as follows: 15 O T for over total and 20 UT for under total as the case or amount may be.

   • 1974, John Edward Murray (Jr.), Murray on Contracts, page 266:

     A mistotals the price resulting in an offer by A to B to sell the lumber at $400 which offer B accepts, some courts might hold that there is no contract for lack of mutual assent.

   • 2013, Jonathan Meades, Pompey: A Novel:

     Or did he count the same one twice and mistotal?

   • 2014, Linda S Cordell, Stephen Beckerman, The Versatility of Kinship, page 138:

     Finally, he mistotals the number of men who married into their father's clan group to 34, instead of 33.