1. (noun)mark, grade, score a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
2. (noun)score, musical score a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages "he studied the score of the sonata"
4. (noun)score a set of twenty members "a score were sent out but only one returned"
5. (noun)score, account grounds "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
6. (noun)score the facts about an actual situation "he didn't know the score"
7. (noun)score an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
8. (noun)score, scotch a slightsurface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
9. (noun)grudge, score, grievance a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
10. (noun)score the act of scoring in a game or sport "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
11. (verb)sexual conquest, score a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
12. (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"
13. (verb)score, nock, mark makesmallmarks into the surface of "score the clay before firing it"