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tally
[ tal-ee ]
noun
- an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
Synonyms: , ,
- Also called tally 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)
- to mark or enter on a tally; register; record.
Synonyms: ,
- to count or reckon up.
Synonyms: ,
- to furnish with a tally or identifying label.
- to cause to correspond or agree.
verb (used without object)
- 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
/ ˈ³Ùæ±ôɪ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù²¹±ô±ô¾±±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ³Ù²¹±ôl¾±Â·±ð°ù noun
- °ù±ð·³Ù²¹±ôl²â noun plural retallies verb retallied retallying
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹±ôl¾±±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tally1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tally1
Example Sentences
They need 11 points from their final eight games to pass that tally.
United must win seven of their remaining eight matches to match that tally.
Saints' sole aim now is to pick up three more points and avoid going down with the lowest points tally in Premier League history.
His latest Bundesliga strike ended his mini-drought of five games and means he remains the league's top scorer, increasing his tally to 22 goals.
The Bruins saw for themselves the kinds of plays Dent could make in November when he tallied 17 points and eight assists to help the Lobos beat UCLA.
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