- tally⇄noun 1. a stick in which notches are cut to represent numbers. Tallies were formerly used to show the amount of a debt or payment.
2. a number or group used in tallying; lot.
Ex. The dishes were counted in tallies of 20.
3. a notch, s - tally⇄tally, noun, pl.-lies,verb, -lied,-lying.
- tally⇄v.i. 1. to correspond, match, or agree; fit.
Ex. Your account tallies with mine. It is hard that a man's exterior should tally so little sometimes with his soul (W. Somerset Maugham).
(SYN) conform, accord.
2. duplicate.
3. (Sp - tally⇄v.t. 1. to mark on a tally; enter; register.
Ex. to tally a score.
(SYN) record, number, score.
2. to count up; inventory.
3. to mark with an identifying label; tag.
4. (Figurative.) to cause to fit, suit, or correspond.