tally /talˈi/

1. A score or account, esp one kept by notches or marks
2. A mark made in recording or scoring an account
3. Credit, tick
4. A full number or total score
5. A number taken as a unit in computation
6. A stick notched to mark numbers or keep accounts
7. Half of such a stick split across the notches, serving as receipt or record (historical)
8. A corresponding part, a counterpart
9. A distinguishing mark
10. A label
11. A plant-label
12. A tag

In concubinage

1. To keep score, count, calculate or mark down by tally
2. To mark or provide with a label or tally
3. To notch or mark as a tally
4. To reckon
5. To match, adapt

1. To correspond, match, agree
2. To deal on credit

tallˈier noun

tally clerk noun

A checker of ships' cargoes against a list

tallˈyman or tallˈywoman noun

1. A person who keeps a tallyshop
2. A salesman for a tallyshop
3. Someone who keeps a tally
4. 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

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