cumulative total

collocation in English

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cumulative
adjective
uk
/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.tɪv/us
/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.t̬ɪv/
increasing by one addition ...
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total
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
the amount you get when several smaller amounts are ...
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(Definition ofcumulativeandtotalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Extensive bibliographies are given for each chapter, running to acumulativetotalof 40 pages.
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The same cross-subject differences are obvious when thecumulativetotalof different verb types is tabulated.
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For those referred, acumulativetotalof £1 641 865 was gained during the lifetime of the project.
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Over 61 d, 29 (53%) of thecumulativetotalof 55 seeds remained from the original plot censuses; two of these had started to germinate.
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The rainfall is thecumulativetotalto the exact sampling date for 2, 7 and 30 d, for 15 sampling occasions.
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Consequently,cumulativetotalintercepted solar radiation over the season declined with the number of vine harvests to 72 % (of 70 %) in irrigated and 60 % (of 33 %) in rain fed treatments.
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Biomass was calculated separately for each plot and thecumulativetotalwas obtained on a kg ha-1 basis.
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Forty-six (65%) of thecumulativetotalof 71 seeds in the plots remained unchanged from the original census, 17 seeds (24%) were added to the plots, and 8 (11%) disappeared.
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Cumulativetotalcuts of some £25 billion of defence expenditure were made.
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The second report listed contracts totalling about $192 million, bringing thecumulativetotalof contracts placed to $333 million.
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This is equivalent tocumulativetotalsavings of about three-quarters of a million tons over the whole of that period.
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Thecumulativetotalfor education over the three-year period is £19 billion.
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Has thecumulativetotalbeen given publicity similar to that given to the interim figures?
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Thecumulativetotalup to 1978–79 was put at approximately £60 million.
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But, because of double counting, it was not possible to derive acumulativetotalfor the number of losses.
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The figures made public yesterday are merely thecumulativetotal.
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The implied total in 1976, of £600 million in the first instance and four tranches of £250 million by extension, meant acumulativetotalof £1,600 million.
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He has to know what thecumulativetotalof his wages up to date is.
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In total, those initial measures to tackle tax avoidance will bring in acumulativetotalof £1.7 billion over four years.
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