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tal·ly (t

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n. pl. tal·lies

1. A reckoning or score.

a. A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score.

b. A stick on which notches were formerly made to keep a record of amounts paid or owed.

3. A mark used in recording a number of acts or objects, most often in series of five, consisting of four vertical lines canceled diagonally or horizontally by a fifth line.

4. A label, ticket, or piece of metal or wood used for identification or classification, especially in gardens and greenhouses.

5. Something that is very similar or corresponds to something else; a double or counterpart.

6. Nautical A metal plate attached to a ship's machinery and bearing instructions for its use.

v. tal·lied, tal·ly·ing, tal·lies

v.tr.

1. To reckon or count.

2. To record by making a mark.

3. Sports & Games To score (a point or goal) in a game or contest.

4. To label, as with a ticket, for identification or classification.

5. To cause to correspond or agree.

v.intr.

1. To be alike; correspond or agree: The report tallies with your description of the accident.

2. To keep score.

3. Sports & Games To score a point or goal in a game or contest.

[Middle English taly, from Anglo-Norman tallie, from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin tlea, stick.]

tally

Verb

[-lies, -lying, -lied]

1. to agree with or be consistent with something else: this description didn't seem to me to tally with what we saw

2. to keep score

Noun

pl -lies

1. any record of debit, credit, the score in a game, etc.

2. an identifying label or mark

3. a stick used (esp. formerly) as a record of the amount of a debt according to the notches cut in it [Latin talea a stick]

Tally a number, group, or series, 1674; a unit of measure, sometimes, five dozen objects.

Examples: tally of cabbage, 1891; of cauliflowers, 1883; of hops, 1868; of marrows, 1891; of squirary (young squires), 1327; of turnips (five dozen bunches), 1851.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	tally - 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" run score - the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team unearned run - a run that was scored as a result of an error by the other team rbi, run batted in - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season"
	2.	tally - a bill for an amount due reckoning invoice, bill, account - an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"
	3.	tally - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" counting, enumeration, numeration, count, reckoning investigating, investigation - the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically blood count - the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample census, nose count, nosecount - a periodic count of the population countdown - counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) miscount - an inaccurate count poll - the counting of votes (as in an election) recount - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election sperm count - the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate
Verb	1.	tally - 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" correspond, gibe, jibe, match, agree, fit, check consist - be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" check out, check - be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" look - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" answer - match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" coincide - be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" align - be or come into adjustment with correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" twin, duplicate, parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" bear out, underpin, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" equal, be - be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" homologize - be homologous; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" befit, beseem, suit - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" adhere - be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules" rime, rhyme - be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"
	2.	tally - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" rack up, score, hit par - make a score (on a hole) equal to par shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal" convert - score (a spare) convert - complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw" convert - score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won" homer - hit a home run gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" kick - make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" eagle - shoot in two strokes under par hole up - score a hole in one ace - score an ace against; "He aced his opponents" walk - obtain a base on balls equalise, equalize, get even - compensate; make the score equal get, have, make - achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
	3.	tally - keep score, as in games chalk up record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form
	4.	tally - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, total, add up, sum, sum up, add add together, add - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!" count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

tally

verb 1. agree, match, accord, fit, suit, square, parallel, coincide, correspond, conform, concur, harmonize << OPPOSITE disagree

verb 2. count up, total, compute, keep score

noun 3. record, score, total, count, reckoning, running total

Translations

tally [ˈtælɪ] n → cuenta

vi to tally (with) → concordar (con), cuadrar (con);

to keep a tally of sth → llevar la cuenta de algo

tally [ˈtælɪ] n → compte m

vi to tally (with) → correspondre (à);

to keep a tally of sth → tenir le compte de qch

tally [ˈtælɪ] n [of marks, amounts etc] → aktueller Stand m

vi to tally (with) (figures, stories etc) → übereinstimmen mit;

to keep a tally of sth → über etw acc Buch führen

tally [ˈtælɪ] n → conto, conteggio

vi to tally (with) → corrispondere (a);

to keep a tally of sth → tener il conto di qc

tally

n tally [ˈtӕli]

an account He kept a tally of all the work he did.rekeningسِجِل الحَوادِث اليَوْمِيَّهотчетevidenceregnskabdie Rechnungλογαριασμόςcuenta (llevar la cuenta), registroarvestusحسابtilicompteתוֹאֵםलेखाračun, obračunelszámoláshitunganskrá, listicontrassegno記録계산, 기록apskaitauzskaitecatatanaantekeningregnskap, (opp)tellingzapis, rejestr, ewidencjaregistosocotealăучётevidenciaračunevidencija[]räkningการบันทึกจำนวนhesap tutma, çetele記錄，記帳рахунокحسابbảng liệt kê记录，记帐

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