1. (noun)run, tally a score in baseball made by a runnertouching all four bases safely "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
2. (noun)reckoning, tally a bill for an amount due
3. (verb)count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascendingorder "the counting continued for several hours"
4. (verb)match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree 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"
5. (verb)score, hit, tally, rack up gain points in a game "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
7. (verb)total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up determine the sum of "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
2. (noun)Tally 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
3. (noun)Tally hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate
4. (noun)Tally one thing made to suit another; a match; a mate
5. (noun)Tally a notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game