tally
tally [tally tallies tallied tallying] noun, verb BrE [ˈtæli] NAmE [ˈtæli]
noun (pl. 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.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a notched tally stick): from Anglo-Norman French tallie, from Latin talea ‘twig, cutting’.
Example Bank:
•Keep a tally of how much you spend while you're away.
•She scored four more points, taking her tally to 15.
•With 85% of the vote counted, unofficial tallies showed Ramos leading his closest rivals
verb (tal·lies, tally·ing, tal·lied, tal·lied)
1. intransitive ~ (with sth) to be the same as or to match another person's account of sth, another set of figures, etc.
Syn: ↑match up
•Her report of what happened tallied exactly with the story of another witness.
2. transitive ~ sth (up) to calculate the total number, cost, etc. of sth
•When we tallied up the cost of moving, we decided against it.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a notched tally stick): from Anglo-Norman French tallie, from Latin talea ‘twig, cutting’.
Example Bank:
•The two accounts tally precisely/exactly/closely/fairly well.
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