Tally Definition
tălē
tallied, tallies, tallying
noun
tallies
An account, reckoning, or score.
Webster's New World
Anything used as a record for an account, reckoning, or score.
Webster's New World
A stick with cross notches representing the amount of a debt owing or paid: usually the stick was split lengthwise, half for the debtor and half for the creditor.
Webster's New World
The act of scoring a point or goal in a game or contest.
Took the lead on his tally in the second half.
American Heritage
A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score.
American Heritage
verb
tallied, tallies, tallying
To tally something.
Webster's New World
To count; add.
Webster's New World
To make a record of (an amount, for example).
American Heritage
To score a point or points in a game.
Webster's New World
To put a label or tag on.
Webster's New World
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adjective
(UK) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
Up and over to victory! Tally ho!
Wiktionary
Origin of Tally
Middle English taly from Anglo-Norman tallie from Medieval Latin tallia from Latin tālea stick
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps a derivative of Old English talu with a diminutive suffix. Compare German Zahl.
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tall +"Ž -ly
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