Overview of noun tally

The noun tally has 3 senses

• run, tally -- (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")


• reckoning, tally -- (a bill for an amount due)


• count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally -- (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours")

Overview of verb tally

The verb tally has 4 senses

• match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree -- (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"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun")


• score, hit, tally, rack up -- (gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season")


• tally, chalk up -- (keep score, as in games)


• total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up -- (determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town")