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Tally   /tˈæli/   Listen
Tally

noun
(pl. tallies)
1.
A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.  Synonym: run.  "Their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
2.
A bill for an amount due.  Synonym: reckoning.
3.
The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.  Synonyms: count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning.
verb
(past & past part. tallied; pres. part. tallying)
1.
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.  Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match.  "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" , "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
2.
Gain points in a game.  Synonyms: hit, rack up, score.  "He hit a home run" , "He hit .300 in the past season"
3.
Keep score, as in games.  Synonym: chalk up.
4.
Determine the sum of.  Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tot, tot up, total, tote up.



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"Tally" Quotes from Famous Books



... care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock. It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock. It is their care that the wheels run truly; it is their care to embark and entrain, Tally, transport, and deliver duly the Sons of ...
— The Years Between • Rudyard Kipling

... the usually dependable Leonard to block its amazing passage; for almost before he swung he heard the plug of the puck landing in the wire cage which he was especially set to guard, and knew that another tally had been added to Scranton's ...
— The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey • Donald Ferguson

... his face was inscrutable and he went on: "Well, I don't want the cargo, and may be forced to heave much of it overboard in order to lighten the hull. However, if we find stuff worth saving, we'll put it on the beach and I'll take a third-part of the value, and you can send out an agent to tally ...
— Lister's Great Adventure • Harold Bindloss

... the slightest fear of that. Tally-ho, old fellow! He's away. Tally-ho! right over by Gossetts' barn. Come along, and never mind Tozer—'Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.'" And away they both went together, parson and member of Parliament. And then again on that occasion Mark went home with a sort of feeling that the bill ...
— Framley Parsonage • Anthony Trollope

... Thy raiments and thy ebony cross affright me! Stand back! I have a crucifix myself,— I have a crucifix! Methinks 'twere fitting The deed—the vow—the symbol of the deed— And the deed's register should tally, father! (draws a cross-handled dagger and raises it on high.) Behold the cross wherewith a vow like ...
— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe


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