tal•lyˈtæl i(n.)(pl.)-lies

1. (n.)an account; reckoning.

2. a stick of wood with notches cut to indicate the amount of a debt or payment.

3. anything on which a score or account is kept.

4. a notch or mark made on or in a tally.

5. a number recorded, as of points in a game.

6. a number of objects used as a unit of computation.

7. anything corresponding to another thing as a counterpart or duplicate.

8. (v.t.)to mark on a tally; record.

9. to count; reckon.

10. to cause to correspond or agree.

11. (v.i.)to correspond; agree:

    Both accounts tally.

12. to score a point or goal, as in a game.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of tally:

1275–1325; (n.) ME taly < AF tallie < ML talia, for L tālea cutting (from a plant), rod

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