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Tally
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- 1 In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit. obsolete
"And you, Lodovick, / That stand so tally on your reputation, / You shall be he shall speak it."
- 1 Target sighted.
"(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet."
- 1 A male given name.
- 2 A female given name.
- 1 Abbreviation of tally stick. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely wordnet
- 3 One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. broadly
- 4 the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order wordnet
- 5 Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate. broadly
"Bulgaria, inevitably, raised the tempo in the opening moments of the second half and keeper Joe Hart was forced into his first meaningful action to block a deflected corner - but England were soon threatening to add to their goal tally."
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- 6 a bill for an amount due wordnet
- 7 One thing made to suit another; a counterpart or match. archaic
"So paired, so suited in their minds and persons, That they were framed the tallies for each other."
- 8 A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- 9 A tally shop.
- 10 A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- 11 A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage. dated, informal, regional
"But I’d advise thee t’ live tally for o that, if thou con mak it reet wi’ some owd damsel, ut does no’ care what folk say’n about owt o’th’sort."
- 12 Five dozen bunches of turnips. UK, obsolete
"Then turnips isn't such good sale yet, but they may be soon, for winter's best for them. […] I buy turnips by the 'tally.' A tally's five dozen bunches."
- 1 To count something. transitive
- 2 determine the sum of wordnet
- 3 To mathematically calculate a numeric result. transitive
- 4 keep score, as in games wordnet
- 5 To record something by making marks. transitive
"The counter tallied the languages people were conversing in while walking along a set route that wove back and forth through the chairs and tables."
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- 6 gain points in a game wordnet
- 7 To make things correspond or agree with each other. transitive
"I am sorry to find they are not so well tallied to the present juncture as I could wish."
- 8 be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics wordnet
- 9 To keep score. intransitive
- 10 To correspond or agree. intransitive
"In some I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel, and in others a little wall of bricks"
- 11 To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
"I loaded a cargo of potatoes in Dublin, for Bangor and Caernarvon, all in bags, for three different parties—viz. 13 tons delivered at Bangor, which was tallied in and out; remainder to Caernarvon, and was not tallied in, but tallied out."
Etymology
Clipping of tallyho.
From Middle English talie, from Anglo-Norman tallie and Old French taille (“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea (“a cutting, rod, stick”). Doublet of taille and talea.
From Middle English talien, from the noun (see above). Also from Medieval Latin taliare.
From Middle English tally, talliche, equivalent to tall + -ly.
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