Tally

Quick meaning: Tally is an interjection meaning (radio, aviation) Target sighted.

Meaning

(radio, aviation) Target sighted.

More Meanings

1. Abbreviation of tally stick.
2. (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
3. (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
5. A tally shop.
6. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
7. (archaic) One thing made to suit another; a counterpart or match.

Example Sentences

(Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.

Don, I don't care if we live tally, cos we don't need certificates except for proof of insanity.

So paired, so suited in their minds and persons, That they were framed the tallies for each other.

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

Word Forms

• tallies
• tallying
• tallied

Synonyms for tally

Depending on context, synonyms include tallyho, enumerate, number, fit, run, check.

Antonyms for tally

Common opposites include disaccord, disagree, discord.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gibe, hit, add, fit, jibe, agree.

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