What is "tallied"

Tally \Tal"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tallying.] [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.]

1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.

   They are not so well tallied to the present juncture.
   --Pope.

2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
   --W. C. Russell.

   Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail together.

vb. (en-pasttally)

1. n. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run]

2. a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning]

3. the act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning]

4. v. 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"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, agree] [ant: disagree]

5. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, rack up]

6. keep score, as in games [syn: chalk up]

7. 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]

8. [also: tallied]

See tally