tally has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,writing,business,games
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

Synonyms

run

Examples

"the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th" or "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Rookie southpaw George_Stepanovich relieved Hyde at_the_start of the ninth and gave_up the A 's fifth tally on a walk to second_baseman Dick_Howser , a wild_pitch , and Frank_Cipriani 's single under Shortstop Jerry_Adair 's glove into center .

Keegan , a 6 - foot - 3 - inch 158 - pounder , gave_up the Orioles ' last two safeties over the final three frames , escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally .

The Flock added a pair of tallies in the third on three straight hits after two were out .

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Chuck_Hinton tripled to the rightfield corner , Cliff_Cook and Dan_Pavletich singled and Gaines ' infielder roller accounted_for the tallies .

2
[ verb ] determine the sum of

Examples

"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

Related terms

count add sum sum count sum summation

3
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11142
4
[ verb ] (games) keep score, as in games

Synonyms

chalk_up

Related terms

record count

5
[ verb ] (sport) gain points in a game

Synonyms

score hit rack_up

Examples

"The home team scored many times" "He hit a home run" "He hit .300 in the past season"

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[ verb ] be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Examples

"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"

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[ noun ] (writing,business) a bill for an amount due

Synonyms

reckoning

Related terms

bill

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[ noun ] the act of counting

Examples

"the counting continued for several hours"

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