Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tally \Tal"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tallied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tallying}.] [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See {Tally}, n.]
1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to
correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
They are not so well tallied to the present
juncture. --Pope.
2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard
or outboard. --W. C. Russell.
{Tally on} (Naut.), to dovetail together.
Source : WordNet®
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; "the counting continued for several
hours" [syn: {count}, {counting}, {numeration}, {enumeration},
{reckoning}]
v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on
the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match
those on the gun" [syn: {match}, {fit}, {correspond}, {check},
{jibe}, {gibe}, {agree}] [ant: {disagree}]
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}]
[also: {tallied}]
tallied
See {tally}