tote
pronunciation
How to pronounce tote in British English:
UK [təʊt]
How to pronounce tote in American English:
US [toʊt]
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- Noun:
- a capacious bag or basket
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- Verb:
- carry with difficulty
Word Origin
- tote (v.)
- "to carry," 1670s, of unknown origin; originally attested in Virginia, but OED discounts the popular theory of its origin in a West African language (such as Kikongo tota "pick up," Kimbundu tuta "carry, load," related to Swahili tuta "pile up, carry"). Related: Toted; toting. Tote bag is first recorded 1900.
Example
- 1. Total cost for 4 tote bags ?
- 2. Almost every room in our apartment has a tote bag hanging on the wall .
- 3. A few years ago all the charities I subscribe to started sending me tote bags .
- 4. One of the rules at my daughter 's school is that kids in grades k through 3 have to use tote bags instead of backpacks to save space .
- 5. Green one-day sales at department stores offering reusable tote bags with a purchase of $ 100 or more jockey for the attention of consumers alongside green cleaning products produced by multinational chemical companies .