tally

Universal Words noun, verb noun (plural tallies) a record of the number or amount of sth, especially one that you can keep adding to: He hopes to improve on his tally of three goals in the past nine games. * Keep a tally of how much you spend while you're away. * With 85% of the vote counted, unofficial tallies showed Ramos leading his closest rivals. verb (tallies, tallying, tallied, tallied) 1 [V] ~ (with sth) to be the same as or to match another person's account of sth, another set of figures, etc. SYNMATCHUP: Her report of what happened tallied exactly with the story of another witness. 2 [VN] ~ sth (up) to calculate the total number, cost, etc. of sth: When we tallied up the cost of moving, we decided against it.