tally
1. tal.ly \'tal-e-\ n [ME talye, fr. ML talea, tallia, fr. L talea twig,
cutt]ing - more at TAILOR 1: a device for visibly recording or accounting
esp. business transactions : as 1a: a wooden rod notched with marks
representing numbers and split lengthwi se through the notches so that each
of two parties may have a record of a transaction and of the amount due or
paid 1b: any of various bookkeeping forms or sheets 1c: a mechanical
counter held in the hand and operated with a button or lev er 2a: a
reckoning or recorded account 2b: a score or point made (as in a game)
3a: a part that corresponds to an opposite or companion member : COMPL
EMENT 3b: CORRESPONDENCE, AGREEMENT 4a: a usu. specified number or lot
taken as a whole 4b: a number or division used as a unit of computation
4c: the last of a specified unit or number
2. tally vt 1a: to mark on or as if on a tally : TABULATE 1b: to list or
check off (as a cargo) by items 1c: to register (as a score) in a contest
2: to make a count of : RECKON 3: to cause to correspond 1a: to make a
tally by or as if by tabulating 1b: to register a point in a contest :
SCORE 2: CORRESPOND, MATCH