TALLY

run, tally

(noun) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; “the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th”; “their first tally came in the 3rd inning”

count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally

(noun) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; “the counting continued for several hours”

reckoning, tally

(noun) a bill for an amount due

total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up

(verb) determine the sum of; “Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”

tally, chalk up

(verb) keep score, as in games

score, hit, tally, rack up

(verb) gain points in a game; “The home team scored many times”; “He hit a home run”; “He hit .300 in the past season”

match, fit, correspond, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; “The two stories don’t agree in many details”; “The handwriting checks with the signature on the check”; “The suspect’s fingerprints don’t match those on the gun”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Interjection

tally

(radio, aviation) Target sighted.

Usage notes

In aviation radio usage, more common than original tallyho. In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.

Synonyms

• (target sighted): tallyho

Etymology 2

Noun

tally (plural tallies)

Abbreviation of tally stick.

(by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc, on which corresponding accounts were kept.

(by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.

A tally shop.

A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.

(informal, regional, dated) A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.

Etymology 3

Verb

tally (third-person singular simple present tallies, present participle tallying, simple past and past participle tallied)

(transitive) To count something.

(transitive) To record something by making marks.

(transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.

(intransitive) To keep score.

(intransitive) To correspond or agree.

(nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

Synonyms

• (count something): enumerate, number; see also count

Etymology 4

Adverb

tally (comparative more tally, superlative most tally)

(obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

Proper noun

Tally

A male given name

A female given name

Source: Wiktionary

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Tal"ly, n.; pl. Tallies. Etym: [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taillé, p.p. of tailler. See Tailor, and cf. Tail a limitation, Taille, Tallage.]

1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

Note: In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered,

– the seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were received as evidence in courts of justice. In the English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to government.

2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.

3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. They were framed the tallies for each other. Dryden.

4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.

5. A tally shop. See Tally shop, below. Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade. Eng. Encyc.

– To strike tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike. [Obs.] Fuller.

Tal"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tallying.] Etym: [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.]

1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit. They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. Pope.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. W. C. Russell. Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail together.

Tal"ly, v. i.

1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole.

2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game. Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.

Tal"ly, adv. Etym: [See Tall, a.]

Definition: Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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