When the dependency ratio includes both youth and elderly, it is referred to as total dependency ratio.
An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
It has the lowest total expense ratio of the nine funds in the portfolio at just 0.15 %.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Investment funds quote a total expense ratio in their literature.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Definition of 'ratio'
ratio
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countable noun [usually singular]
A ratio is a relationship between two things when it is expressed in numbers or amounts. For example, if there are ten boys and thirty girls in a room, the ratio of boys to girls is 1:3, or one to three.
Definition of 'total'
total
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adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
The total number or cost of something is the number or cost that you get when you add together or count all the parts in it.