tally
vb , -lies, -lying, -lied
1 intr to correspond one with the other
the two stories don't tally
2 tr to supply with an identifying tag
4 tr
Obsolete to record or mark
n pl , -lies
5 any record of debit, credit, the score in a game, etc.
6 a ticket, label, or mark, used as a means of identification, classification, etc.
7 a counterpart or duplicate of something, such as the counterfoil of a cheque
8 a stick used (esp. formerly) as a record of the amount of a debt according to the notches cut in it
9 a notch or mark cut in or made on such a stick
10 a mark or number of marks used to represent a certain number in counting
11 (Austral. and N.Z.) the total number of sheep shorn by one shearer in a specified period of time
(C15: from Medieval Latin talea, from Latin: a stick; related to Latin talus heel)
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tallier n