To reckon up.
1840. Should it turn out otherwise [with the State of Arkansas]—should her banks disappoint her—she will foot up the bills herself, and pay them.—Mr. Sevier of Arkansas in the Senate, Feb. 20: Cong. Globe, p. 186, App.
1841. Put your hand into the Treasury … and foot up and pay the bill.—Mr. Southard of New Jersey, Senate, Jan. 15: id., p. 365, App.
1851. He will foot up the number of acres he has “saved,” and charge accordingly.—Mr. Benton of Missouri in the U.S. Senate, Jan. 31: id., p. 407.
1852. The wall-paper was defaced, in spots, by slops of beer and wine; or garnished with chalk memorandums, and long sums footed up, as if somebody had been practising arithmetic there.—Mrs. Stowe, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ chap. xxxv. (N.E.D.)
