释义 |
tally /talˈi/ noun (pl tallˈies)- A score or account, esp one kept by notches or marks
- A mark made in recording or scoring an account
- Credit, tick
- A full number or total score
- A number taken as a unit in computation
- A stick notched to mark numbers or keep accounts
- Half of such a stick split across the notches, serving as receipt or record (historical)
- A corresponding part, a counterpart
- A distinguishing mark
- A label
- A plant-label
- A tag
adverb (old slang)In concubinage transitive verb (tallˈying; tallˈied)- To keep score, count, calculate or mark down by tally
- To mark or provide with a label or tally
- To notch or mark as a tally
- To reckon
- To match, adapt
intransitive verb- To correspond, match, agree
- To deal on credit
ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr tallie, from L tālea a stick tallˈier noun tally clerk noun A checker of ships' cargoes against a list tallˈyman or tallˈywoman noun - A person who keeps a tallyshop
- A salesman for a tallyshop
- Someone who keeps a tally
- Someone who lives with another person without marriage (old slang)
tallˈyshop noun A shop where goods are sold on credit to be paid for by instalments, the seller having one account book which tallies with the buyer's tally system or tally trade noun A method of dealing on credit for payment by instalments tallˈywhacker noun (vulgar sl) The penis live tally (old slang) To cohabit without marriage |