tally

/ˈtæli/

interjection

  1. 1

    Target sighted.

    (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

  3. 3

    One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

  4. 4

    A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.

  5. 5

    A tally shop.

  6. 6

    A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.

  7. 7

    A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.

noun

  1. 1

    A bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To count something.

  2. 2

    To record something by making marks.

  3. 3

    To make things correspond or agree with each other.

  4. 4

    To keep score.

  5. 5

    To correspond or agree.

  6. 6

    To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

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