单词 | tally |
释义 | tally n. & v. --n (pl. -ies)   1. the reckoning of a debt or score.   2. a total score or amount.   3. a a mark registering a fixed number of objects delivered or received. b such a number as a unit.   4. hist. a a piece of wood scored across with notches for the items of an account and then split into halves, each party keeping one. b an account kept in this way.   5. a ticket or label for identification.   6. a corresponding thing, counterpart, or duplicate. --v (-ies, -ied) (often foll. by with)   1. intr. agree or correspond.   2. tr. record or reckon by tally. Phrases and idioms tally clerk an official who keeps a tally of goods, esp. those loaded or unloaded in docks. tally sheet a paper on which a tally is kept. tally system a system of sale on short credit or instalments with an account kept by tally. Derivatives tallier n. Etymology: ME f. AF tallie, AL tallia, talia f. L talea: cf. TAIL(2) |
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