tally

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   Target sighted.

   • (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.
   • (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.

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   Abbreviation of tally stick.abbreviationalt-of

2. 2

   One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.broadly

3. 3

   Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.broadly

   • Bulgaria, inevitably, raised the tempo in the opening moments of the second half and keeper Joe Hart was forced into his first meaningful action to block a deflected corner - but England were soon threatening to add to their goal tally.
4. 4

   One thing made to suit another; a counterpart or match.archaic

   • So paired, so suited in their minds and persons, That they were framed the tallies for each other.
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   A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.

6. 6

   A tally shop.

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   A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.

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   A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.datedinformalregional

   • But I’d advise thee t’ live tally for o that, if thou con mak it reet wi’ some owd damsel, ut does no’ care what folk say’n about owt o’th’sort.
   • It is used in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, and, I dare say, various other counties. A tally-woman is the mistress of a married man, who is said to live tally with her.
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   Five dozen bunches of turnips.UKobsolete

   • Then turnips isn't such good sale yet, but they may be soon, for winter's best for them. […] I buy turnips by the 'tally.' A tally's five dozen bunches.
   • A bunch of Turnips, 12 and upwards. A bunch of Leeks, 6 and upwards. Bunches of Greens and of herbs vary much, according to kind, size, and season. Roll of Celery = 6, 8, to 12 heads. A tally = five dozen.

1. 1

   To count something.transitive

2. 2

   To mathematically calculate a numeric result.transitive

3. 3

   To record something by making marks.transitive

   • The counter tallied the languages people were conversing in while walking along a set route that wove back and forth through the chairs and tables.
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   To make things correspond or agree with each other.transitive

   • I am sorry to find they are not so well tallied to the present juncture as I could wish.
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   To keep score.intransitive

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   To correspond or agree.intransitive

   • In some I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel, and in others a little wall of bricks
   • Your idea, my dear lord, of the abusive paragraph on you being conceived at Paris, and transmitted hither, tallies exactly with mine.
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   To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

   • I loaded a cargo of potatoes in Dublin, for Bangor and Caernarvon, all in bags, for three different parties—viz. 13 tons delivered at Bangor, which was tallied in and out; remainder to Caernarvon, and was not tallied in, but tallied out.

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   In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.obsolete

   • And you, Lodovick, / That stand so tally on your reputation, / You shall be he shall speak it.