foot up
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
Add up a list of numbers to find the total.
Literal meaning: To put the sum at the foot (bottom) of a column of figures.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To add up figures in a column to find the total amount.
"The accountant footed up the column of expenses at the end of the week."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Old-fashioned accounting and bookkeeping term. Derived from writing the total at the foot (bottom) of a column. Rarely used in modern English — 'add up' or 'total up' are preferred.
Commonly used with
bill account column expenses figures total
Forms
Base
foot up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
foots up
he/she/it
Past simple
footed up
yesterday
Past participle
footed up
have + pp
-ing form
footing up
continuous
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