tally
- noun
- /ˈtæli/
- The official tally of votes was 88,596 votes for the amendments to 60,066 votes against them.
- keep a tally
- final tally
- tally marks
And another one is we keep a tally of how we of how we are blessed.
- And another one is we keep a tally of how we of how we are blessed.
- If you find scratchings on a bone, is that a tally?
- That, that, that result against Newcastle, it, it means that we're guaranteed now Man United to have our lowest points tally in Premier League history.
- So if you're keeping track of our ITX case reviews at home, you can add one more tally to the side of the column that says Didn't lie on the spec sheet.
- All right, guys, let's get a point tally and move on to our final beperty.
- And of course, that tally does include many of our October cast split up into separate episodes.
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OK, and now she gave us her tally of food consumption for the negotiators.
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The teacher kept a tally of each student's homework submissions.
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We have one guest left, and by my tally, only two players who can end this game.
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Sarah, do you have the final tally?
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We need the eight to count towards a running tally.
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Just got the official tally.
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OK, we're going to get a point tally here and declare our winner.
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So, after three great rounds of action the judges tally is in.
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Wait, we still have the point tally and we don't know who won still.
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The teacher circulated around the room, making tally marks on her copy of the text as the students worked.
Academic text (2015)
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Etymology
Tally as a noun was originally the notched stick or the count from it, from the old root taille 'to cut', so a tally is a simple record or total.