tal|ly

tal|ly
tal|ly «TAL ee», noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly|ing.
–n.
1. a stick in which notches are cut to represent numbers. Tallies were formerly used to show the amount of a debt or payment.
2. a number or group used in tallying; lot: »

The dishes were counted in tallies of 20.

3. a notch, stroke, or mark made on a tally; mark made for a certain number of objects in keeping account.
4. any board or other thing on which a score or account is kept.
5. the account or score kept; reckoning: »

a tally of a game.

6. a thing that matches another: a) a part that fits; counterpart. b) one like it; duplicate.
7. Figurative. correspondence; agreement.
8. any symbol of an amount, such as a token or ticket.
9. a distinguishing mark; label; tag.
10. (formerly in Britain) the charge-account system.
11. Sports. a scoring point; run, goal, or other score.
–v.t.
1. to mark on a tally; enter; register: »

to tally a score.

SYNONYM(S): record, number, score.
2. to count up; inventory.
3. to mark with an identifying label; tag.
4. Figurative. to cause to fit, suit, or correspond.
5. Sports. to score: »

The hockey team tallied seven goals in their last game.

–v.i.
1. to correspond, match, or agree; fit: »

Your account tallies with mine. It is hard that a man's exterior should tally so little sometimes with his soul (W. Somerset Maugham).

 SYNONYM(S): conform, accord.
2. = duplicate. (Cf. ↑duplicate)
3. Sports. to make scoring points: »

The best scorer failed tally in only one game all season. Larry Jeffrey and Alex Delvecchio tallied in a 49-second span to put Detroit ahead, 4-2 (New York Times).

╂[probably < Anglo-French tallie < Medieval Latin tallia < Late Latin tālea a cutting, rod. See related etym. at tail2. (Cf. ↑tail)]

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