English Dictionary
◊ TALLY
tally
n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases
safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the
9th" or "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn:
{run}]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: {reckoning}]
3: the act of counting [syn: {count}, {counting}, {numeration},
{enumeration}, {reckoning}]
v 1: 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" [syn: {match}, {fit}, {correspond}, {check},
{jibe}, {gibe}, {agree}] [ant: {disagree}]
2: gain points; "The home team scored many times" [syn: {score},
{hit}, {rack up}]
3: keep score, as in games [syn: {chalk up}]
4: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: {total}, {tot}, {tot
up}, {sum}, {sum up}, {summate}, {tote up}, {add}, {add
together}, {add up}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN TALL?
TALL
TAC List Language.
["TALL - A List Processor for the Philco 2000", J. Feldman,
CACM 5(9):484-485 (Sep 1962)].
(1995-03-01)