noun pl. tallies -·lies

1. 1. Obsolete a stick with cross notches representing the amount of a debt owing or paid: usually the stick was split lengthwise, half for the debtor and half for the creditor
   2. anything used as a record for an account, reckoning, or score
2. an account, reckoning, or score
3. 1. either of two corresponding parts of something; counterpart
   2. agreement; correspondence
4. any number of objects used as a unit in counting
5. an identifying tag or label

Etymology: ME talye < Anglo-L talia < L talea, a stick, cutting: see tailor

transitive verb tallied -·lied, tallying -·ly·ing

1. to put on or as on a tally; record
2. to count; add: usually with up
3. to put a label or tag on
4. Archaic to make (two things) agree or correspond

intransitive verb

1. to tally something
2. to score a point or points in a game
3. to agree; correspond