tally

UK: /ˈtæli/ US: /ˈtæli/ ,(tal′ē)

Inflections of 'tally' (n): npl: tallies

Inflections of 'tally' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

tallies

v 3rd person singular

tallying

v pres p

tallied

v past

tallied

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

tal•ly /ˈtæli/   n., pl. -lies, v., -lied, -ly•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. a number counted or recorded;
   a reckoning.

v. 

2. to mark on a tally;
   record;
   count:
   [~ + object] to tally the results.
3. to (cause to) correspond or agree: [no object]
   Both accounts tally.
   [~ + object]
   to tally the accounts.
4. to score a point or goal, as in a game: [~ + object]
   He tallied his last three points in the final minute of the game.
   [no object]
   The team failed to tally in the last minute of the game.

tal•li•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tal•ly  (tal′ē), n., pl. -lies, v., -lied, -ly•ing. 
n. 

1. an account or reckoning;
   a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
2. Also called tal′ly stick′. a stick of wood with notches cut to indicate the amount of a debt or payment, often split lengthwise across the notches, the debtor retaining one piece and the creditor the other.
3. anything on which a score or account is kept.
4. a notch or mark made on or in a tally.
5. a number or group of items recorded.
6. a mark made to register a certain number of items, as four consecutive vertical lines with a diagonal line through them to indicate a group of five.
7. a number of objects serving as a unit of computation.
8. a ticket, label, or mark used as a means of identification, classification, etc.
9. anything corresponding to another thing as a counterpart or duplicate.

v.t. 

10. to mark or enter on a tally;
    register;
    record.
11. to count or reckon up.
12. to furnish with a tally or identifying label.
13. to cause to correspond or agree.

v.i. 

14. to correspond, as one part of a tally with the other;
    accord or agree:
    Does his story tally with hers?
15. to score a point or make a goal, as in a game.

• Medieval Latin talia, variant of Latin tālea rod, cutting, literally, heel-piece, derivative of tālus heel; (verb, verbal) late Middle English talyen, derivative of the noun, nominal
• (noun, nominal) Middle English taly 1275–1325

tal′li•er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. inventory, count, enumeration.
• 10. enroll, list.
• 11. enumerate, calculate.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

tally / ˈtælɪ/ verb ( -lies, -lying, -lied)

1. (intransitive) to correspond one with the other: the two stories don't tally
2. (transitive) to supply with an identifying tag
3. (intransitive) to keep score
4. (transitive) to record or mark

noun ( -lies)

1. any record of debit, credit, the score in a game, etc
2. a counterpart or duplicate of something, such as the counterfoil of a cheque
3. a stick used (esp formerly) as a record of the amount of a debt according to the notches cut in it
4. a notch or mark cut in or made on such a stick
5. a mark or number of marks used to represent a certain number in counting

Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin tālea, from Latin: a stick; related to Latin tālus heel