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Webster 1913 Edition

Tally

Tal′ly

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Tallies
(#)
.
[OE.
taile
,
taille
, F.
taille
a cutting, cut tally, fr.
tailler
to cut, but influenced probably by
taillé
, p. p. of
tailler
. See
Tailor
, and cf.
Tail
a limitation,
Taille
,
Tallage
.]
1.
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.
☞ In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, – the seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were received as evidence in courts of justice. In the English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to government.
2.
Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
3.
One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
They were framed the
tallies
for each other.
Dryden.
4.
A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally;
as, to make or earn a
tally
in a game
.
5.
A tally shop. See
Tally shop
, below.
Tally shop
,
a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade.
Eng. Encyc.
–
To strike tallies
,
to act in correspondence, or alike.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Tal′ly

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tallied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tallying
.]
[Cf. F.
tialler
to cut. See
Tally
,
Noun.
]
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.
W. C. Russell.
Tally on
(Naut.)
,
to dovetail together.

Tal′ly

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly
tallied
with the channel.
Addison.
Your idea . . .
tallies
exactly with mine.
Walpole.
2.
To make a tally; to score;
as, to
tally
in a game
.
Tally on
(Naut.)
,
to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.

Tal′ly

,
adv.
[See
Tall
,
Adj.
]
Stoutly; with spirit.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tally

TAL'LY

, n.
1.
A piece of wood on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number. In purchasing and selling, it is customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a score or notch on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered; the seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of writing, this or something like it was the only method of keeping accounts, and tallies are received as evidence in courts of justice. In the English exchequer are tallies of loans, one part being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to government.
2.
One thing made to suit another.
They were framed the tallies for each other.

TAL'LY

,
Verb.
T.
To score with correspondent notches; to fit; to suit; to make to correspond.
They are not so well tallied to the present juncture.
1.
In seamanship, to pull aft the sheets or lower corners of the main and fore-sail.

TAL'LY

,
Verb.
I.
To be fitted; to suit; to correspond.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.

Definition 2024

Tally

Tally

See also: tally

English

Proper noun

Tally

  1. A male given name
  2. A female given name

tally

tally

See also: Tally

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtali/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtæli/
  • Hyphenation: tally
  • Rhymes: -æli

Adjective

tally ‎(comparative more tally, superlative most tally)

  1. (Britain) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
    Up and over to victory! Tally ho!

Interjection

tally

  1. (radio, aviation) 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.

Usage notes

In aviation radio usage, more common than original tallyho. In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.[1]

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman tallie, from Old French taille ‎(“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea ‎(“a cutting, rod, stick”)

Noun

tally ‎(plural tallies)

  1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;
  2. Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
  3. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
    • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
      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. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
    • Dryden
      They were framed the tallies for each other.
  5. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
  6. A tally shop.
  7. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
Translations

Verb

tally ‎(third-person singular simple present tallies, present participle tallying, simple past and past participle tallied)

  1. (transitive) To count something.
  2. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
  3. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
    • Alexander Pope
      They are not so well tallied to the present juncture.
  4. (intransitive) To keep score.
  5. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
    • Addison
      I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.
    • Walpole
      Your idea […] tallies exactly with mine.
  6. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of W. C. Russell to this entry?)
Translations

Etymology 3

tall +‎ -ly

Adverb

tally ‎(comparative more tally, superlative most tally)

  1. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

References

  1. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration: Pilot/Controller Glossary (P/CG), T (Traffic)

Etymology

Clipping of tallyho.

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