[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tally \tal"ly\, adv. see tall, a.
   stoutly; with spirit. obs. --beau.  fl.
   1913 webster
see also:
tall 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tally \tal"ly\, n.; pl. tallies. oe. taile, taille, f. taille
   a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced
   probably by taill'e, p. p. of tailler. see tailor, and
   cf. tail a limitation, taille, tallage.
   1. originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores
      were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books,
      sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts
      were kept.
      1913 webster

   note: in purshasing and selling, it was once customary for
         traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two
         parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the
         number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller
         keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. before
         the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the
         only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were
         received as evidence in courts of justice. in the
         english exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being
         kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the
         creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to
         government.
         1913 webster

   2. hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks,
      whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one
      kept in duplicate.
      1913 webster

   3. one thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
      1913 webster

            they were framed the tallies for each other.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. a notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make
      or earn a tally in a game.
      1913 webster

   5. a tally shop. see tally shop, below.
      1913 webster

   tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to
      customers on account, the account being kept in
      corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the
      buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller,
      and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by
      agreement. the trade thus regulated is called tally trade.
      --eng. encyc.

   to strike tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike.
      obs. --fuller.
      1913 webster
see also:
tallies tailor tail taille tallage tally shop 
to strike tallies 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            they are not so well tallied to the present
            juncture.                             --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. naut. to check off, as parcels of freight going inboard
      or outboard. --w. c. russell.
      1913 webster

   tally on naut., to dovetail together.
      1913 webster
see also:
tallied tallying tally tally on 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tally \tal"ly\, v. i.
   1. to be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
      1913 webster

            i found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with
            the channel.                          --addison.
      1913 webster

            your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine.
                                                  --walpole.
      1913 webster

   2. to make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
      1913 webster

   tally on naut., to man a rope for hauling, the men
      standing in a line or tail.
      1913 webster
see also:
tally on 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"; "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
     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"; "the suspect's fingerprints don't match
          those on the gun" syn: match, fit, correspond, check,
           jibe, gibe, agree ant: disagree
     2: 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
     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
     also: tallied
see also:
run reckoning count counting numeration enumeration 
match fit correspond check jibe 
gibe agree disagree score hit 
rack up chalk up total tot tot up 
sum sum up summate tote up add 
add together add up tallied 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

334 moby thesaurus words for "tally":
   a reckoning of, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, accordance,
   account, account current, account of, account rendered,
   account stated, accounting, acta, active list, adapt, adapt to,
   add, add up, addition, adjust, adjust to, affinity, aggregate,
   agree, agree with, agreement, algebraize, ally, alter ego, amount,
   analogon, analogue, annual, answer to, assent, assimilate to,
   associate, assort with, balance, be consistent, be guided by,
   be of one, be uniform with, bend, billhead, blacklist, book,
   book stamp, bookplate, box score, brand, brief, broad arrow,
   brother, bulletin, cachet, calculate, calculation, calendar,
   call off, call over, call the roll, cash account, cast, catalog,
   census, census report, check, check of, checklist, chime,
   chime in with, chorus, cipher, civil list, close copy, close match,
   cognate, cohere, coherence, coincide, coincidence, colophon,
   companion, compare, compatibility, complement, comply, comply with,
   compose, computation, compute, concert, concord, concordance,
   concur, conform, conform with, conformance, conformation,
   conformity, congenator, congener, congeniality, congruence,
   congruency, congruity, consist with, consistency, consonance,
   consort, control account, cooperate, cooperation, coordinate,
   correct, correlate, correlative, correspond, correspondence,
   correspondent, count, count of, count out, count up, counterfoil,
   countermark, counterpart, difference, discipline, divide, docket,
   dope out, dovetail, duplicate, election returns, enroll, enter,
   enumerate, enumeration, equal, equivalence, equivalent, estimate,
   extract roots, fall in together, fall in with, fellow, figure,
   figure in, figure out, file, fit, fit in, fit together, foliate,
   follow, gear to, gee, go, go by, go together, go with,
   government mark, government stamp, hallmark, hang together,
   harmonize, harmony, hit, hold together, image, impanel, imprint,
   income account, index, interlock, intersect, intersection,
   inventory, itemization, itemize, items, jibe, keep score,
   kindred spirit, label, letterhead, like, likeness, list, listing,
   lock, logo, logotype, make conform, mark, marker, masthead, match,
   mate, measure, meet, minutes, mold, multiply, near duplicate,
   number, numerate, observe, obverse, oneness, overlap, page,
   paginate, parallel, parallelism, peace, pendant, picture,
   pigeonhole, plate, poll, post, price tag, proceedings, product,
   program, provision account, quantify, quantity, quantize, rapport,
   reciprocal, reckon, reckoning, reconcile, record, rectify,
   register, register with, registered trademark, registry, repertory,
   report, respond to, retired list, returns, revenue account,
   rub off corners, run over, running account, running head,
   running title, sales account, schedule, score, seal, second self,
   self-consistency, selling account, settle, shape, sick list, sigil,
   signet, similitude, simulacrum, sing in chorus, sister, sort with,
   soul mate, square, square with, stamp, stand together, statement,
   sticker, stock account, straighten, stub, subtract, such, suchlike,
   suit, sum, summation, suspense account, symmetry, sync,
   synchronism, tab, tabs of, tabulate, tabulation, tag,
   take account of, tale, tally of, tally sheet, tally up, tally with,
   tell, the bottom line, the like of, the likes of, the record,
   the story, the whole story, ticket, timing, title page, token, tot,
   tot up, total, total up, tote, tote up, track of, trade name,
   trademark, trademark name, transactions, twin, uniformity, union,
   unison, unisonance, valuation account, whole, work out, x number,
   yearbook, yield

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