Tally - Definition
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, tally]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally]
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 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, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord,
disagree, discord]
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, tally, rack up]
3: keep score, as in games [syn: tally, 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, tally, add up]