tally
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
Also called tally stick . a stick of wood with notches cut to indicate the amount of a debt or payment, often split lengthwise across the notches, the debtor retaining one piece and the creditor the other.
anything on which a score or account is kept.
a notch or mark made on or in a tally.
a number or group of items recorded.
a mark made to register a certain number of items, as four consecutive vertical lines with a diagonal line through them to indicate a group of five.
a number of objects serving as a unit of computation.
a ticket, label, or mark used as a means of identification, classification, etc.
anything corresponding to another thing as a counterpart or duplicate.
to mark or enter on a tally; register; record.
to count or reckon up.
to furnish with a tally or identifying label.
to cause to correspond or agree.
to correspond, as one part of a tally with the other; accord or agree: Does his story tally with hers?
to score a point or make a goal, as in a game.
Origin of tally
1Other words for tally
Other words from tally
- tal·li·er, noun
- re·tal·ly, noun, plural re·tal·lies, verb, re·tal·lied, re·tal·ly·ing.
- un·tal·lied, adjective
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How to use tally in a sentence
It’s a sickeningly high number, but it’s also the first time the tally has dropped below 1 million since March.
S&P 500 hits a new record, erasing last of pandemic losses | Verne Kopytoff | August 18, 2020 | FortuneAlexander Lukashenko, the 26-year-and-counting president of Belarus, won his country’s recent elections with a final tally of 80 percent of the vote.
Lyon is reasonably well organized in defense, but it is outperforming its expected goals against tally so far, suggesting that something’s got to give eventually.
After Manchester City’s Big Loss, Who’s The Favorite To Win The Champions League? | Terrence Doyle | August 18, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightWhile there’s no official tally, it’s reasonable to say that millions of algorithmically proctored tests are happening every month around the world.
Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy | Amy Nordrum | August 7, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewScores joined him, and the tally of militants in Kashmir doubled from 150 to 300.
But right now, if we were to put out an aggregated tally for 2014, it would be way off the mark.
ISIS Fighters Are Killing Faster than Statisticians Can Count | Peter Schwartzstein | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey examined every “poll list, tally sheet, certificate of result, and, where necessary, each ballot.”
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTogether, the missiles and airstrikes cost at least $79 million to pull off, according to a Daily Beast tally.
First U.S. Stealth Jet Attack on Syria Cost More Than Indian Mission to Mars | Dave Majumdar | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThough a recount is likely, Grothman had a 215-vote lead in the initial tally.
When that show ended, did you think that would be it for your trophy tally?
Allison Janney’s Incredible ‘Double O’ and That ‘Masters of Sex’ Love Scene | Jason Lynch | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe keeps the tally, and he says that never were so many altars as to-day, and the fire-carriage serves them well.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingVigilant priests were always ready to extinguish systems which could not be made to tally with their interests.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierThen Crozier called with a great, cheery voice—what Mona used to call his tally-ho voice.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerBut, alas, how many Presidents they have to have in these Spanish republics to round out the tally with Destiny!
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrI'm on to run a tally for most things; but—how much do you make it?
Colonial Born | G. Firth Scott
British Dictionary definitions for tally
/ (ˈtælɪ) /
(intr) to correspond one with the other: the two stories don't tally
(tr) to supply with an identifying tag
(intr) to keep score
(tr) obsolete to record or mark
any record of debit, credit, the score in a game, etc
a ticket, label, or mark, used as a means of identification, classification, etc
a counterpart or duplicate of something, such as the counterfoil of a cheque
a stick used (esp formerly) as a record of the amount of a debt according to the notches cut in it
a notch or mark cut in or made on such a stick
a mark or number of marks used to represent a certain number in counting
Australian and NZ the total number of sheep shorn by one shearer in a specified period of time
Origin of tally
1Derived forms of tally
- tallier, noun
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