cross-cast

verb

To add up the separately computed totals from each column to ensure that they agree with the overall total.

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Meanings

verbcross-cast (third-person singular simple present cross-casts, present participle cross-casting, simple past and past participle cross-cast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) cross-casted)

present singular third person cross-casts · participle present cross-casting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes cross-casted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes cross-casted

  1. accountingTo add up the separately computed totals from each column to ensure that they agree with the overall total.
  2. entertainmentTo cast an actor of the opposite gender to play a part.

Origin

From cross- + cast.

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APA

cross-cast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-cast

MLA

“cross-cast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-cast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-cast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-cast.

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