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tally
[ tal-ee ]
noun
- an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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)
- to mark or enter on a tally; register; record.
Synonyms: ,
- to count or reckon up.
Synonyms: ,
- to furnish with a tally or identifying label.
- to cause to correspond or agree.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
tally
/ ˈæɪ /
verb
- intr to correspond one with the other
the two stories don't tally
- tr to supply with an identifying tag
- intr to keep score
- obsolete.tr to record or mark
noun
- 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
- the total number of sheep shorn by one shearer in a specified period of time
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٲl· noun
- ·ٲl noun plural retallies verb retallied retallying
- ܲ·ٲl adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tally1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tally1
Example Sentences
Ballots are tallied only after polls close in each location where the votes were cast.
The courts have been more resistant, with well over 100 rulings so far halting presidential actions they deem to be unconstitutional, according to a tally by the New York Times.
This time round they want to add to the tally in counties like Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Kent, where they already have bums on seats.
Pages had three hits and Freeman two, but the Dodgers tallied just one more.
A tally of 25 unforced errors indicated it was a performance nowhere near befitting of the WTA Tour's dominant clay-court player of recent seasons.
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