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Tally commonly refers to counting or to summation of a total amount, debt, or score (Oxford English Reference Dictionary). Tally may also refer to:
Counting
edit- Tally (voting), an unofficial private observation of an election count carried out under Proportional Representation using the Single Transferable Vote
- Tally counter, a mechanical device used to maintain a linear count
- Tally for knitting, or row counter for hand knitting, a tally counter for counting rows or courses worked, for counting stitch pattern repetitions, or for counting increases or decreases of the number of stitches in consecutive rows
- Tally marks, a form of numeral used in a unary numeral system, most useful in counting or tallying ongoing results, such as the score in a game or sport
- Tally sort, a computer science counting and sorting algorithm
- Tally stick, an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages
- Fu (tally), a Chinese tally stick used as proof of authorization
Places
edit- Tallahassee, Florida, nicknamed Tally
- Tally Ho, Victoria, a locality within the suburb of Burwood East, Victoria, Australia
- Tally Too'er, in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, is one of the country's three martello towers
- Tally-Ho Plantation House, a home in Louisiana
- Tallygaroopna, Victoria, a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia
- Tallygaroopna railway station, Victoria, a railway station in Victoria, Australia
- Tallysville, Virginia, an unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States
People
editGiven name
edit- Tally Brown (1934–1989), a singer and actress
- Tally Hall (soccer) (born 1985), Talmon Henry "Tally" Hall, an American soccer player
- Tally Holmes, an African American tennis player in the 1910s and 1920s
- Tally Sneddon (1914–1995), Scottish professional football wing half and manager
- Tally Stevens (1923–1995), Floyd C. "Tally" Stevens, the head coach for Brigham Young University Cougars football team from 1959–1960
- Tallys, Tallys Machado de Oliveira (born 1987), Brazilian attacking midfielder
Surname
edit- Harry Tally (1866–1939), American singer
- Lura S. Tally (1921–2012), a retired legislator from North Carolina
- Robert Tally (born 1969), an American literary critic
- Ted Tally (born 1952), an American playwright and screenwriter
- Thomas Lincoln Tally (1861–1945), operated the Electric Theater in Los Angeles
- William Tally, an American engineer and former CTO of Saleen, Inc
Arts, entertainment, and media
edit- Tally (painting), a 1994 painting by Ellen Gallagher
Fictitious characters
edit- Tally Man, two fictional characters in the DC Universe
- Tally Wong, a Celebrity Deathmatch character
- Tally Youngblood, a fictional character in the Uglies series, written by Scott Westerfeld
Music
edit- "Tally (song)", song by Blackpink from the album Born Pink, 2022
- Tally Hall (band), an American rock band formed in December 2002 based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Tally Ho! (album), an album by Luke Vibert under the alias Wagon Christ
- "Tally", a song by midwxst and Denzel Curry, 2023
Brands and enterprises
edit- Tally (company), a defunct printer company
- Tally Solutions, an Indian multinational financial accounting software company
- TallyPrime, enterprise resource planning software developed by Tally Solutions
- Tally Technologies, a debt management app in the U.S. and makers of the Tally app
- Tally Weijl, a chain clothing retailer in Europe
- Tally-Ho (rolling papers), an Australian brand of cigarette rolling paper
- TallyGenicom, a defunct printer company
Sports
edit- ASC Niarry Tally, a football club from Senegal
- Tally-ho, a phrase used in hunting
- Tallygaroopna Football Club, an Australian rules football club
Other uses
edit- Tally (cap), a ribbon on a sailor's cap
- Tally language, a form of unary language in computational complexity theory
- Tally light, a small signal-lamp on a television camera or monitor
- Tally's War, an incident in 1863 in Iowa, in which pro-war individuals opened fire on a peace demonstration