Definitions of tally
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To
be
fitted;
to
correspond.
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A
counterpart.
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To
score
with
corresponding
notches:
to
make
to
fit.
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To
score;
register.
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To
be
fitted;
to
suit;
to
correspond;
to
match.
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To
match;
to
correspond.
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To
correspond:
to
suit:-
pa.
t.
and
pa.
p.
tallied.
-
keep
score,
as
in
games
-
To
agree
precisely.
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To
keep
tally.
-
To
score
with
corresponding
notches;
to
fit;
to
suit.
-
a
bill
for
an
amount
due
-
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"
-
gain
points
in
a
game; "
The
home
team
scored
many
times"; "
He
hit
a
home
run"; "
He
hit .
300
in
the
past
season"
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Originally,
a
piece
of
wood
on
which
notches
or
scores
were
cut,
as
the
marks
of
number;
later,
one
of
two
books,
sheets
of
paper,
etc.,
on
which
corresponding
accounts
were
kept.
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Hence,
any
account
or
score
kept
by
notches
or
marks,
whether
on
wood
or
paper,
or
in
a
book;
especially,
one
kept
in
duplicate.
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One
thing
made
to
suit
another;
a
match;
a
mate.
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A
notch,
mark,
or
score
made
on
or
in
a
tally;
as,
to
make
or
earn
a
tally
in
a
game.
-
A
tally
shop.
See
Tally
shop,
below.
-
To
score
with
correspondent
notches;
hence,
to
make
to
correspond;
to
cause
to
fit
or
suit.
-
To
check
off,
as
parcels
of
freight
going
inboard
or
outboard.
-
A
tally
shop.
See
shop,
below.
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Originally,
a
stick
notched
as
a
means
of
keeping
accounts;
one
of
two
books
in
which
duplicate
accounts
are
kept;
any
account
or
score
kept
by
marks;
a
mark
recording
a
score;
a
duplicate.
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A
stick
cut
or
notched
to
match
another
stick,
used
to
mark
numbers
or
keep
accounts
by:
anything
made
to
suit
another.
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Account
kept
on
a
notched
stick,
or
by
scored
marks;
anything
that
matches
another.
-
A
piece
of
wood
on
which
notches
are
cut;
any
score;
reckoning;
account.
-
One
of
two
pieces
of
wood
on
which
corresponding
notches
or
scores
are
cut,
as
the
marks
of
number;
one
thing
made
to
suit
another.
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Stoutly;
with
spirit.
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