Definition of "subtotal" []

• Less than total; incomplete. (adjective)
• The total of part of a series of numbers. (noun)
• To total part of (a series of numbers). (verb-transitive)
• To arrive at a subtotal. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For convenience, we group the Fuel, Purchased Power, and Other Operation and Maintenance operating expenses reported by Edison and call the subtotal Cost of Goods Sold."
• "When surgery does not involve removing the cervix, it may be referred to as a subtotal hysterectomy ..."
• "But what the reconciliation is there on four, the column that's called subtotal in the very center of the page will include the unrealized gain on insured derivatives, a $104.8 million."