1a current score or amount:that takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games
a record of a score or amount:I kept a tally of David’s debt on a note above my desk
a particular number taken as a group or unit to facilitate counting.
a mark registering a tally.
an account kept by means of a tally.
2 (also tally stick) historical a piece of wood scored across with notches for the items of an account and then split into halves, each party keeping one.
3 archaic a counterpart or duplicate of something:the key is so cut as to form a tally with the interior machinery
4a label giving information about a plant or tree.
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Universal
1 [no object] agree or correspond:their signatures should tally with their names on the registertheir books never tallied
2 [with object] calculate the total number of:the votes were being tallied with abacuses
