Meaning & Definition of Tally in English

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"

• "Their first tally came in the 3rd inning"

2. A bill for an amount due

3. The act of counting

• Reciting numbers in ascending order

• "The counting continued for several hours"

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"

• "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

2. Gain points in a game

• "The home team scored many times"

• "He hit a home run"

• "He hit .300 in the past season"

3. Keep score, as in games

4. Determine the sum of

• "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"