Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
TALLY
I. noun (plural tallies)
Etymology: Middle English talye, from Anglo-French talie, taille, in part from tailler to cut, measure, count; in part from Medieval Latin tallia, alteration of Latin talea plant cutting, thin piece of wood
Date: 15th century
a device (as a notched rod or mechanical counter) for visibly recording or accounting especially business transactions,
2. a recorded reckoning or account (as of items or charges) , a score or point made (as in a game),
3. a part that corresponds to an opposite or companion member ; complement , a state of correspondence or agreement,
II. verb (tallied; tallying)
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1. to record on or as if on a tally ; tabulate , to list or check off (as a cargo) by items, to register (as a score) in a contest, to make a count of ; reckon , to cause to correspond, intransitive verb
1. to make a tally by or as if by tabulating, to register a point in a contest ; score , correspond , match