tally
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/ˈtæli/
English
Definitions
interjection
- Target sighted.“(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.””
noun
- (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- (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.
- One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
- 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 bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.
verb
- To count something.
- To record something by making marks.
- To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- To keep score.
adverb
- In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.