cast up

verb

transitive verb

1

: to bring up or say by way of reproach

casting up to her that she had failed

2

a

: to measure (set type) usually in ems pica in order to determine the cost or charge to be made

b

: to lay out (tabular matter) before setting in type

3

: to add up (figures) in making an accounting

intransitive verb

chiefly Scottish : to turn up especially unexpectedly

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