1. The total number counted
   "The final tally showed 105 votes in favour";
   - count
    
2. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
   "the tally continued for several hours";
   - count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning
    
3. A bill for an amount due
   "The waiter brought the tally to the table";
   - reckoning
    
4. (baseball) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
   "their first tally came in the 3rd inning";
   - run

1. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
   "The two versions of the story don't quite tally";
   - match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, agree, marry, marry up, square
    
2. Determine the sum of
   "You need to tally all the items on the receipt";
   - total, tot [Brit, informal], tot up [Brit, informal], sum, sum up, summate [rare], add, add together, add up
    
3. Keep score, as in games
   "The referee tallied the points";
   - chalk up
    
4. Gain points in a game
   "The home team is tallying points";
   - score, rack up

Derived forms: tallied, tallies, tallying

Type of: account, advance, be, bill, count, enter, enumerate, forge ahead, gain, gain ground, get ahead, investigating, investigation, invoice, make headway, number, numerate, pull ahead, put down, record, score, win

Encyclopedia: Tally, William