mistotal

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1. To incorrectly calculate a total.

   Or did he count the same one twice and mistotal?

   2013, Jonathan Meades, Pompey: A Novel

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   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.

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

   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.

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

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

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