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Word: Tally
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a notched tally stick): from Anglo-Norman French tallie, from Latin talea ‘twig, cutting’. Compare with tail
ˈtali
a current score or amount
Short Definition:current score or amount
Examples:- that takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games
a piece of wood scored across with notches for the items of an account and then split into halves, each party keeping one.
Short Definition:piece of wood scored with notches for items of account
a counterpart or duplicate of something
Short Definition:counterpart or duplicate
Examples:- the key is so cut as to form a tally with the interior machinery
a label giving information about a plant or tree.
Short Definition:label giving information about plant or tree
Word: Tally
Speech Type: Verb
ˈtali
agree or correspond
Short Definition:agree or correspond
Examples:- their signatures should tally with their names on the register
- their books never tallied
calculate the total number of
Short Definition:calculate total number of
Examples:- the votes were being tallied with abacuses
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