Meaning of tally In English

• 0 to match or agree with something else:

  • The numbers on your spreadsheet don't tally with ours.

• 1 a record or count of a number of things:

  • Make sure to keep a tally of the number of customers going in and out.

• 2 a record or count of a number of items:

  • The final tally was 21 for and 16 against.

• 3 to match or agree:

  • [ T ] I need to finish tallying the receipts.

  • [ I ] His statement doesn’t tally with the other witnesses’.

• 4 to count or calculate something:

  • [ T ] The judges are tallying the scores.

  • [ T ] Zolga tallied (= scored) 16 points.

  • [ M ] She tallies up our expenses each month.

• 5 to match or agree with something else:

  • tally with sth Make sure the amount coming off your mortgage tallies with what's going out of your bank account.

  • The two accounts of the incident do not tally.

• 6 to calculate something:

  • To tally up the taxes you paid during the period, use Form 8913.

• 7 to reach a total number or amount of things or people:

  • The bookstore has tallied 1,700 advance orders.

• 8 a continuous record or count of a number of things or people:

  • He kept a tally of his paydays on an envelope.

  • The website publishes a running tally of the sums customers have won in refunds.

• 9 the total number or amount of things or people:

  • the tally for sth The final tally for biodiesel production in 2012 should be between 220 and 275 million gallons.

  • the second-highest tally on record