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tally
[ tal-ee ]
noun
plural tallies.
- an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
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- 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)
tallied, tallying.
- to mark or enter on a tally; register; record.
Synonyms: ,
- to count or reckon up.
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- to furnish with a tally or identifying label.
- to cause to correspond or agree.
verb (used without object)
tallied, tallying.
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ٲl· noun
- ·ٲl noun plural retallies verb retallied retallying
- ܲ·ٲl adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tally1
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English taly < Medieval Latin talia, variant of Latin rod, cutting, literally, heel-piece, derivative of ܲ heel; (v.) late Middle English talyen, derivative of the noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tally1
C15: from Medieval Latin , from Latin: a stick; related to Latin ܲ heel
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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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During the voting sessions, ballots are filled out, tallied, then burned.
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They tallied about 100 of the newly hatched fish.
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Atkinson took 12 wickets against West Indies on his Test debut in July, which sparked a remarkable tally of 52 scalps in the year.
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Green will donate $10,500 after she added six birdies to her tally Sunday.
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