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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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Word Origin & History

tally  (n.)
1440, "stick marked with notches to indicate amount owed or paid," from Anglo-Fr. tallie (1321), Anglo-L. talea (1189), from M.L. tallia, from L. talea "a cutting, rod, stick" (see tailor, and cf. sense history of score). Meaning "a thing that matches another" first recorded 1651, said to be from practice of splitting a tally lengthwise, debtor and creditor each retaining one of the halves. Sports sense of "a total score" is from 1856. The verb is c.1440, from M.L. talliare "to tax," from tallia.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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