tally (n.)

  1. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th; their first tally came in the 3rd inning

    [ Syn: run ]

  2. a bill for an amount due

    [ Syn: reckoning ]

  3. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; the counting continued for several hours

    [ Syn: count , counting , numeration , enumeration , reckoning ]

    tally (v.)

  1. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; The two stories dont agree in many details; The handwriting checks with the signature on the check; The suspects fingerprints dont match those on the gun

    [ Syn: match , fit , correspond , check , jibe , gibe , agree ]

  2. gain points in a game; The home team scored many times; He hit a home run; He hit .300 in the past season

    [ Syn: score , hit , rack up ]

  3. keep score, as in games

    [ Syn: chalk up ]

  4. determine the sum of; Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

    [ Syn: total , tot , tot up , sum , sum up , summate , tote up , add , add together , add up ]

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