1. a count or record of items, points, or votes
2. a stick or card used for keeping count

1. to count or add up
2. to correspond or agree with something

Examples

• The final tally showed 150 votes for the proposal.
• She kept a tally of all the books she read this year.
• The cashier used a tally sheet to count inventory.
• Please tally up the scores from each round.
• The accountant will tally the expenses at month’s end.
• His story doesn’t tally with the witness reports.
• The numbers on both receipts should tally exactly.