Verb (used without object) : Does his story tally with hers?. From Dictionary.com.
Formerly accounts were kept, and large sums of money paid and received, by the King's Exchequer, with little other form than the exchange or delivery of tallies, pieces of wood notched or scored, corresponding blocks being kept by the parties to the account; and from this usage one of the head officers of the Exchequer was called the tallier, or teller. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1664/65]
Exchequer was called the tallier, or teller. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the official tallier of the nation's joblessness, stoops to shed. From Wordnik.com. [Can we ban the word 'shed' from jobs reports, already?] Reference
There were four observers at each of the eight tables: two observers (one for each candidate) observed the reader of the ballot and two observers (again one for each candidate) observed the tallier. From Wordnik.com. [SORT AND STACK ELECTIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE] Reference
After spending over 20 minutes with a rather sharp phone tallier for Conyers, his honest and surprisingly candid answers to my questions came to this, for the most part it's better that you contact your local politicians. From Wordnik.com. [Suddenly, Impeachment Hearings Are Looking Like a Strong Possibility] Reference
Maybe a parent gives a sibling more attention or someone has a bigger house than you, but the jealousy itself is not the tallier of how upset you are with another person. From Wordnik.com. [Beth and Lee's Blog] Reference
The basset-table spread, the tallier come. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2] Reference
Rise, pensive nymph, the tallier waits for you!. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2] Reference
Your resident point tallier. From Wordnik.com. [Halos Heaven] Reference
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