OXFORD DICTIONARY
Tote, n. sl.
1 a totalizator.
2 a lottery.
Tote, v.tr. esp. US colloq. carry, convey, esp. a heavy load (toting a gun).
tote bag a woman's large bag for shopping etc. tote box US a small container for goods.
toter n. (also in comb.).
17th-c. US, prob. of dial. orig.
THESAURUS
Tote
add, add up, aggregate, all, be-all and end-all, bear, buck, carry, cart, cast, compute, conduct, convey, entirety, ferry, figure, fly, foot, freight, gross, haul, hump, lift, lug, manhandle, pack, pari-mutuel, pari-mutuel machine, shoulder, sum, sum total, summate, take, tale, tally, tot, tot up, total, total up, totalizer, tote up, transport, waft, whisk, whole, wing
ROGET THESAURUS
Tote
Transference
VB
transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.