| Front | tally |
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| Back | tally noun, verb BrE /ˈtæli/ NAmE /ˈtæli/ noun word origin example bank (pl. tallies) a record of the number or amount of sth, especially one that you can keep adding to He hopes to improve on his tally of three goals in the past nine games. Keep a tally of how much you spend while you're away. With 85% of the vote counted, unofficial tallies showed Ramos leading his closest rivals. verb verb forms word origin example bank (tal•lies, tally•ing, tal•lied, tal•lied) 1 [intransitive] ~ (with sth) to be the same as or to match another person's account of sth, another set of figures, etc. match up Her report of what happened tallied exactly with the story of another witness. 2 [transitive] ~ sth (up) to calculate the total number, cost, etc. of sth When we tallied up the cost of moving, we decided against it. |
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