Dictionary Entry
tally
tally is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- 2noun
Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
- 3noun
One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
- 4noun
A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
- 5noun
A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.
- 6noun
To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
- 7noun
To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
- 8intransitive verb
To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
- 9intransitive verb
To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
- 10adjective
Stoutly; with spirit.
- 11noun
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"
Synonyms
- 12noun
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
"the counting continued for several hours"
- 13noun
a bill for an amount due
Synonyms
- 14verb
determine the sum of
"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
- 15verb
keep score, as in games
- 16verb
gain points in a game
"The home team scored many times"
"He hit a home run"
- 17verb
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"
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