/ ˈtæli; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
( pl. -ies ) 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.
■ verb ( tal·lies , tally·ing , tal·lied , tal·lied )
1.
[ v ] tally (with sth) to be the same as or to match another person's account of sth, another set of figures, etc.
SYN match up :
Her report of what happened tallied exactly with the story of another witness.
2.
[ vn ] tally sth (up) to calculate the total number, cost, etc. of sth
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting a notched tally stick): from Anglo-Norman French tallie , from Latin talea twig, cutting.