总额 zǒng’é total (amount or value)
How to remember 总额: 总 always + 额 forehead = total (amount or value).
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How it is used
- The grand total of a money amount or quantity - 销售总额 (xiāoshòu zǒng'é) total sales, 贷款总额 (dàikuǎn zǒng'é) total loan amount.
- Specific to sums with a figure attached (money, output, trade); 额 signals a monetary/quota amount.
- Formal, financial register; you'd see it on invoices and reports, not casual chat.