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Noun: tally  ta-lee
  1. (baseball) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
    "their first tally came in the 3rd inning";
    - run
     
  2. A bill for an amount due
    - reckoning
     
  3. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
    "the tally continued for several hours";
    - count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning
Verb: tally  ta-lee
  1. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
    - match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, agree, marry up, marry
     
  2. Gain points in a game
    - score, rack up
     
  3. Keep score, as in games
    - chalk up
     
  4. Determine the sum of
    - total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, add up

Derived forms: tallied, tallies, tallying

Type of: account, advance, be, bill, count, enter, enumerate, equal, gain, gain ground, get ahead, investigating, investigation, invoice, make headway, number, numerate, pull ahead, put down, record, score, win

Encyclopedia: Tally, William