tally
Short definition from Wiktionary
Interjection
- Target sighted.
Noun
- Abbreviation of tally stick.
- One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
- One thing made to suit another; a counterpart or match.
- A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- A tally shop.
- A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.
- Five dozen bunches of turnips.
Verb
- To count something.
- To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
- To record something by making marks.
- To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- To keep score.
- To correspond or agree.
- To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
Adverb
- In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
Proper noun
- A male given name.
- A female given name.
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