n.
(pl. tallies)
- a current score or amount.
▸a record of a score or amount.
- a particular number taken as a group or unit to facilitate counting.
▸a mark registering such a number.
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(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.
- archaic a counterpart or duplicate.
- an identifying label for a plant or tree.
v.
(tallies, tallying, tallied)
- agree or correspond.
- calculate the total number of.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. tallie, from L. talea ‘twig, cutting’; cf. tail2.