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Definitions for Tally

[1] an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
[2] 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.
[3] anything on which a score or account is kept.
[4] a notch or mark made on or in a tally.
[5] a number or group of items recorded.
[6] 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.
[7] a number of objects serving as a unit of computation.
[8] a ticket, label, or mark used as a means of identification, classification, etc.
[9] anything corresponding to another thing as a counterpart or duplicate.
[10] to mark or enter on a tally; register; record.
[11] to count or reckon up.
[12] to furnish with a tally or identifying label.
[13] to cause to correspond or agree.
[14] to correspond, as one part of a tally with the other; accord or agree: Does his story tally with hers?
[15] to score a point or make a goal, as in a game.
[16] (intr) to correspond one with the other the two stories don't tally
[17] (tr) to supply with an identifying tag
[18] (intr) to keep score
[19] (tr) obsolete to record or mark
[20] any record of debit, credit, the score in a game, etc
[21] a ticket, label, or mark, used as a means of identification, classification, etc
[22] a counterpart or duplicate of something, such as the counterfoil of a cheque
[23] a stick used (esp formerly) as a record of the amount of a debt according to the notches cut in it
[24] a notch or mark cut in or made on such a stick
[25] a mark or number of marks used to represent a certain number in counting
[26] Australian and NZ the total number of sheep shorn by one shearer in a specified period of time

Words related to Tally

poll, total, itemize, register, account, mark, score, tab, summation, reckoning, compute, reckon, sum, number, tale, catalog, inventory, enumerate, tell, numerate

Words nearby Tally

tallow, tallow tree, tallow wood, tallowy, tallulah, tally, tally clerk, tally sheet, tally-ho, tally-woman, tallyho

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

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

Word origin for Tally

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

Synonyms for Tally

poll, total, account, mark, reckoning, score, summation, tab, running total