tally
/ˈtæli/ interjection, noun, verb, adverb, proper noun
Forms tallies tallying tallied Tallys
- interjection (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
- noun (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- noun (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
- noun (archaic) One thing made to suit another; a counterpart or match.
- noun A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- noun A tally shop.
- noun A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- noun (informal, regional, dated) A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.
- noun (UK, obsolete) Five dozen bunches of turnips.
- verb (transitive) To count something.
- verb (transitive) To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
- verb (transitive) To record something by making marks.
- verb (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- verb (intransitive) To keep score.
- verb (intransitive) To correspond or agree. [with with]
- verb (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
- adverb (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
- proper noun A male given name.
- proper noun A female given name.
Synonyms
tallyho enumerate number run reckoning count counting numeration enumeration match fit correspond check jibe gibe agree score hit rack up chalk up total tot tot up sum sum up summate tote up add add together add up
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- noun Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
- verb To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
- verb To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
Etymology [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taillé, p.p. of tailler. See Tailor, and cf. Tail a limitation, Taille, Tallage.]
Etymology [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tally”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details