Clipping oftallyho.
tally
- (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
- (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.
- (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123,tally.
In aviation radio usage, more common than originaltallyho. In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.[1]
FromMiddle Englishtalie, fromAnglo-Normantallie andOld Frenchtaille(“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), fromMedieval Latintallia, fromLatintalea(“a cutting, rod, stick”).Doublet oftaille andtalea.
tally (pluraltallies)
- Abbreviation oftally stick.
- (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which correspondingaccounts were kept.
- (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept induplicate.
2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, inBBC[1]:Bulgaria, inevitably, raised the tempo in the opening moments of the second half and keeper Joe Hart was forced into his first meaningful action to block a deflected corner - but England were soon threatening to add to their goaltally.
- (archaic) One thing made tosuit another; acounterpart ormatch.
c.1690,John Dryden,Don Sebastian, Act V, scene 1:So paired, so suited in their minds and persons,
That they were framed thetallies for each other.
- A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- Atally shop.
- A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- (informal, regional, dated) A state ofcohabitation, living with another individual in anintimate relationship outside ofmarriage.
1884, Ben Bierley, “Treadlepin Fold”, inTales and Sketches of Lancashire Life[2], page47:But I’d advise thee t’ livetally for o that, if thou con mak it reet wi’ some owd damsel, ut does no’ care what folk say’n about owt o’th’sort.
1890, F.C. Birkbeck Terry, “Tally-woman”, inNotes and Queries[3], page297:It is used in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, and, I dare say, various other counties. Atally-woman is the mistress of a married man, who is said to livetally with her.
2012, Ruth Hamilton,Lights of Liverpool:Don, I don't care if we livetally, cos we don't need certificates except for proof of insanity.
- (UK, obsolete) Five dozenbunches ofturnips.
1890,Gardeners' Chronicle, volume 7, page15:A bunch of Turnips, 12 and upwards. A bunch of Leeks, 6 and upwards. Bunches of Greens and of herbs vary much, according to kind, size, and season. Roll of Celery = 6, 8, to 12 heads. Atally = five dozen.
one of two books on which corresponding accounts were kept
any account or score kept by notches or marks
—see alsocount,
scoreone thing made to suit another
notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally
FromMiddle Englishtalien, from the noun (see above). Also fromMedieval Latintaliare.
tally (third-person singular simple presenttallies,present participletallying,simple past and past participletallied)
- (transitive) Tocount something.
- (transitive) To mathematicallycalculate a numeric result.
- (transitive) Torecord something by making marks.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, inJournal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development,→DOI, page 4:The countertallied the languages people were conversing in while walking along a set route that wove back and forth through the chairs and tables.
- (transitive) To make thingscorrespond oragree with each other.
1822,Alexander Pope, quotingJonathon Swift, “Letter IV. From Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope. August 30, 1716”, inThe Works of Alexander Pope, volume 9, with notes by Joseph Warton, page11:I am sorry to find they are not so welltallied to the present juncture as I could wish.
- (intransitive) Tokeep score.
- (intransitive) To correspond or agree. [withwith]
1767 [1705],Joseph Addison,Remarks on Several Parts of Italy &c. In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703[4], page138:In some I found pieces of tiles that exactlytallied with the channel, and in others a little wall of bricks
1764 April 5,Horace Walpole,Letter to the Earl of Hertford:Your idea, my dear lord, of the abusive paragraph on you being conceived at Paris, and transmitted hither,tallies exactly with mine.
1957,Karl Popper, chapter 24, inThe Poverty of Historicism, FIRST HARPER TORCH BOOK edition, page91:This credulity will not be challenged here; yet it may be remarked that, assuming the unlimited and unvarying benevolence of the powerful planners, our analysis shows that it may be impossible for them ever to find out whether the results of their measurestally with their good intentions.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, inJournal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development,→DOI, page 9:However, one abiding weakness with such data collection is that people’s beliefs about their speech habits may not necessarilytally with reality.
- (nautical) Tocheck off, asparcels offreight goinginboard oroutboard.
1873 August, William Mitchell, “Shipping and mercantile gazette correspondence”, inThe Nautical Magazine[5], page697:I loaded a cargo of potatoes in Dublin, for Bangor and Caernarvon, all in bags, for three different parties—viz. 13 tons delivered at Bangor, which wastallied in and out; remainder to Caernarvon, and was nottallied in, buttallied out.
to make things correspond
FromMiddle Englishtally,talliche, equivalent totall +-ly.
tally (comparativemoretally,superlativemosttally)
- (obsolete) In atall way;stoutly; withspirit.
tal(adjective) +-ly(adverbial)
tally
- properly,suitably,becomingly
