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tal⋅ly

  [tal-ee] noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly⋅ing.
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–noun
1. an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
2. Also called tally 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.
3. anything on which a score or account is kept.
4. a notch or mark made on or in a tally.
5. a number or group of items recorded.
6. 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.
7. a number of objects serving as a unit of computation.
8. a ticket, label, or mark used as a means of identification, classification, etc.
9. anything corresponding to another thing as a counterpart or duplicate.
–verb (used with object)
10. to mark or enter on a tally; register; record.
11. to count or reckon up.
12. to furnish with a tally or identifying label.
13. to cause to correspond or agree.
–verb (used without object)
14. to correspond, as one part of a tally with the other; accord or agree: Does his story tally with hers?
15. to score a point or make a goal, as in a game.
Origin:
1275–1325; (n.) ME taly < ML talia, var. of L tālea rod, cutting, lit., heel-piece, deriv. of tālus heel; (v.) late ME talyen, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
tal⋅li⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. inventory, count, enumeration. 10. enroll, list. 11. enumerate, calculate.
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tal·ly   (tāl'ē)   
n.   pl. tal·lies
  1. A reckoning or score.
    1. A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score.
    2. 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 tālea, stick.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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