If several numbers or things total a certain figure, that figure is the total of all the numbers or all the things. The unit's exports will total $85 million this year
the number of all things in the problem -- "Often, you need to add some numbers to get the total " (203)
A total is the number that you get when you add several numbers together or when you count how many things there are in a group. The companies have a total of 1,776 employees