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noun / verb

tally

TAL-ee/ˈtæli/

A recorded count or the act of making one.

The tally on the board records twelve tokens grouped beside it.

Small board records tally as two clear groups of four vertical strokes crossed by fifth diagonal, plus two single strokes;12 tokens beside it match total.
Etymology
tallyLatincutting, rod, stick

From a word for a stick, tally came to mean a notched stick used to record amounts owed or paid. The name then extended to the recorded count itself, including a total score.

In context

America’s Glory14:35
Some barely able to climb the cargo nets under their own strength. the final tally of the six-month campaign. 7,100 Allied dead, some 7,800 wounded.
Why Guadalcanal Made Japanese Troops Fear the U.S. Marines

More examples

  • The final tally showed a narrow victory.
  • We tallied the receipts before closing.
  • She is tallying the results on a board.

Forms

tally · tallies · tallied · tallying

Similar words

count
More general and need not imply a written record.
total
Total names the final amount rather than the process or record of counting.