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tally

Dictionary definition · tally

noun

  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"
  2. a bill for an amount due
  3. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order"the counting continued for several hours"

verb

  1. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics"The two stories don't agree in many details"
  2. gain points in a game"The home team is racking up points"
  3. keep score, as in games
  4. determine the sum of"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).