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Tal·ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tallied p. pr. & vb. n. Tallying.]
1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. --Pope.
2. Naut. To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
Tally on Naut., to dovetail together.
tally
n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases
safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the
9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning]
3: the act of counting; "the counting continued for several
hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration,
reckoning]
v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on
the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match
those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check,
jibe, gibe, agree] [ant: disagree]
2: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times";
"He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
[syn: score, hit, rack up]
3: keep score, as in games [syn: chalk up]
4: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot
up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add
together, add up]
[also: tallied]