tally

[ tal-ee ]

/ ˈtæl i /

noun, plural tal·lies.

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.

verb (used with object), tal·lied, tal·ly·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), tal·lied, tal·ly·ing.

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.

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Origin of tally

1275–1325; (noun) Middle English taly<Medieval Latin talia, variant of Latin tālea rod, cutting, literally, heel-piece, derivative of tālus heel; (v.) late Middle English talyen, derivative of the noun

SYNONYMS FOR tally

1 inventory, count, enumeration.

10 enroll, list.

11 enumerate, calculate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM tally

tal·li·er, nounre·tal·ly, noun, plural re·tal·lies, verb, re·tal·lied, re·tal·ly·ing.un·tal·lied, adjective

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Every campaign has a moment or two that is recalled long after the votes are tallied.
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There was an accountant, the store clerk, two checkers who tallied ore brought up each shift.
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He sometimes wondered with misgivings whether his conscience had not tallied almost too patly with his inclination in the matter.
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It's got to be carried down to the docks, and tallied there, and loaded in those vessels.
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Curran's out at first put Clough on third, from whence he tallied on Cuming's single.
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British Dictionary definitions for tally

tally

/ (ˈtælɪ) /

verb -lies, -lying or -lied

(intr) to correspond one with the otherthe two stories don't tally

(tr) to supply with an identifying tag

(intr) to keep score

(tr) obsolete to record or mark

noun plural -lies

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

Derived forms of tally

tallier, noun

Word Origin for tally

C15: from Medieval Latin tālea, from Latin: a stick; related to Latin tālus heel

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