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Added 9 October 2026

tally

/ˈtæli/ interjection

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Target sighted.
(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.

noun

Abbreviation of tally stick.
One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

verb

To count something.
To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
To record something by making marks.

adverb

In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

Origin

Clipping of tallyho.

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