tally

tally
{{11}}tally (n.) mid-15c., "stick marked with notches to indicate amount owed or paid," from Anglo-Fr. tallie (early 14c.), Anglo-L. talea (late 12c.), from M.L. tallia, from L. talea "a cutting, rod, stick" (see TAILOR (Cf. tailor), and Cf. sense history of SCORE (Cf. score)). Meaning "a thing that matches another" first recorded 1650s, said to be from practice of splitting a tally lengthwise, debtor and creditor each retaining one of the halves. Sports sense of "a total score" is from 1856.
{{12}}tally (v.) mid-15c., from M.L. talliare "to tax," from tallia (see TALLY (Cf. tally) (n.)). Related: Tallied; tallying.

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  • Tally — Tal ly, n.; pl. {Tallies}. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taill[ e], p. p. of tailler. See {Tailor}, and cf. {Tail} a limitation, {Taille}, {Tallage}.] 1. Originally, a piece of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Tally Ho — ist der Name folgender Orte: Tally Ho (Victoria), ein Stadtteil von Burwood East, Victoria, Australien Tally Ho (North Carolina), einen Township des Granville County, North Carolina, USA Tally Ho bezeichnet: „Tally Ho!“, ein Album des britischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tally — Tal ly, v. i. 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. [1913 Webster] I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. [1913 Webster] Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tally on — Tally Tal ly, v. i. 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. [1913 Webster] I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. [1913 Webster] Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tally up — ˌtally ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tally up he/she/it tallies up present participle tallying up past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster] They are not so well… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tally on — 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. [1913 Webster] They are not so well… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tally-Ho — is an Australian brand of cigarette rolling paper distributed by Imperial Tobacco Australia. The packaging of the product aims to appeal to Australian patriotism, with many assertions such as Australia s Finest and Australia s No.1 paper for over …   Wikipedia

  • Tally Ho! — Album par Wagon Christ Sortie 1998 Enregistrement 1998 Durée 58:10 Genre Musique électronique Producteur Wagon Christ …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tally — [tal′ē] n. pl. tallies [ME talye < Anglo L talia < L talea, a stick, cutting: see TAILOR] 1. a) Obs. a stick with cross notches representing the amount of a debt owing or paid: usually the stick was split lengthwise, half for the debtor and …   English World dictionary

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