What does 延べ mean?
延べ is a Japanese noun meaning “futures, credit (buying), stretching, total” in English. It can also be translated as “credit (buying), stretching, total (preceding counter, unit, etc.)” depending on context. It is written as 延べ in kanji, のべ in hiragana, and nobe in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
わが戦闘機の延べ出撃機数は平均１日４３０機であった。
Our fighters averaged 430 missions a day.