Tally commonly refers to

counting Counting is the process of determining the number of elements of a finite set of objects; that is, determining the size of a set. The traditional way of counting consists of continually increasing a (mental or spoken) counter by a unit for ever ...

or to summation of a total amount, debt, or score (''Oxford English Reference Dictionary''). Tally may also refer to:

Counting

Tally (voting) A tally is an unofficial private observation of an election count carried out under the single transferable vote electoral system. ''Tallymen'', appointed by political candidates and parties, observe the opening of ballot boxes and watch as the ...

, an unofficial private observation of an election count carried out under Proportional Representation using the Single Transferable Vote *

Tally counter A tally counter is a mechanical, electronic, or software device used to incrementally count something, typically fleeting. One of the most common things tally counters are used for is counting people, animals, or things that are coming and going ...

, 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 Tally marks, also called hash marks, are a form of numeral used for counting. They can be thought of as a unary numeral system. They are most useful in counting or tallying ongoing results, such as the score in a game or sport, as no inter ...

, 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 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 * Tally (voting), an unofficial private observation of an election count carried out ...

, a computer science counting and sorting algorithm *

Tally stick A tally stick (or simply a tally) was an ancient memory aid used to record and document numbers, quantities, and messages. Tally sticks first appear as animal bones carved with notches during the Upper Palaeolithic; a notable example is the Is ...

, an ancient memory aid device to record and document numbers, quantities, or even messages **

Fu (tally) Fu () was a Tally stick, tally, which was used as a proof of authorization in ancient China, which typically consists of two parts. Generals would use the fu as an imperial authorization for troop movements and for other purposes while amongst the ...

, a Chinese tally stick used as proof of authorization

Places

Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of and the only incorporated municipality in Leon County, Florida, Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Fl ...

, nicknamed Tally *

Tally Ho, Victoria Burwood East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse Local government areas of Victo ...

, 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 Tally-Ho Plantation House, is a historic mansion located along River Road in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Iberville Parish records show that Tally-Ho site was owned by Jean Fleming, a free man of color, sometime before 1835. There were several mor ...

, 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

Given name

* Tally Brown (1934–1989), a singer and actress * Tally Gotliv (born 1975), Israeli lawyer and politician *

Tally Hall (soccer) Talmon Henry "Tally" Hall V (born May 12, 1985) is an American retired Association football, soccer Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who spent eight of his ten professional seasons in Major League Soccer, Major League Soccer (MLS) ...

(born 1985), Talmon Henry "Tally" Hall, an American soccer player * Tally Holmes, an African American tennis player in the 1910s and 1920s * Tally Monastyryov (1939–2011), Soviet alpine skier * Tally Sneddon (1914–1995), Scottish professional football wing half and manager *

Tally Stevens Floyd Clair "Tally" Stevens (October 30, 1923 – August 9, 1995) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1959 to 1960, compiling a record of 6–15. Steven played c ...

(1923–1995), Floyd C. "Tally" Stevens, the head coach for Brigham Young University Cougars football team from 1959–1960 *

Tallys Tallys Machado de Oliveira, or simply Tallys, (October 26, 1987 – November 4, 2017) was a Brazilian attacking midfielder. He played for Paysandu of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred t ...

, Tallys Machado de Oliveira (born 1987), Brazilian attacking midfielder

Surname

Harry Tally Harry Lee Tally (June 30, 1866 – August 16, 1939) was an American tenor singer of popular songs, who recorded between 1902 and 1917. Biography He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and began performing in a popular vaudeville act, the Empire ...

(1866–1939), American singer * Lura S. Tally (1921–2012), a retired legislator from North Carolina *

Robert Tally Robert T. Tally Jr. is a professor of English at Texas State University. His research and teaching focuses on the relations among space, narrative, and representation, particularly in U.S. and comparative literature, and he is active in the emerg ...

(born 1969), an American literary critic *

Ted Tally Ted Tally (born April 9, 1952) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He adapted the Thomas Harris novel '' The Silence of the Lambs'' into the film of the same name, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the ...

(born 1952), an American playwright and screenwriter *

Thomas Lincoln Tally Thomas Lincoln Tally (July 6, 1861 – November 24, 1945) on or near April 16, 1902, opened the Electric Theatre in Los Angeles, the first movie theatre in that city and the first movie theater in California known to have been built from the gro ...

(1861–1945), operated the Electric Theater in Los Angeles *

William Tally William (Bill) Tally is an American engineer and former CTO of Saleen, Inc. Tally was responsible for heading the development of the powertrain of the Saleen S7, the first modern American supercar. Career Tally began his automotive career as a m ...

, an American engineer and former CTO of Saleen, Inc

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Tally'' (painting), a 1994 painting by Ellen Gallagher

Fictitious characters

Tally Man The Tally Man is the name of two fictional supervillains in the DC Universe. Fictional character biographies Original Tally Man The original Tally Man previously lived in a poor family who lived in fear of the criminals who they owed money to. ...

, two fictional characters in the DC Universe * Tally Wong, a ''

Celebrity Deathmatch ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' is an adult stop-motion claymated series created by Eric Fogel and produced by John Worth Lynn Jr. for MTV. A parody of sports entertainment programs, ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' depicted various celebrities engaging ...

'' character * Tally Youngblood, a fictional character in the Uglies series, written by Scott Westerfeld

Music

* " Tally (song)", song by Blackpink from the album ''Born Pink'', 2022 *

Tally Hall (band) Tally Hall (sometimes stylized as tallyhall) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2002, and publicly active until the conclusion of their Good & Evil (album), ''Good & Evil'' tour in 2011. The band is ...

, 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

Tally (company) Tally was a leading American manufacturer of computer printers. In 1979, they merged with Mannesmann's printer division to become Mannesmann Talley, by which they are better known. From 2003, their successor company has been TallyGenicom. Histo ...

, a defunct printer company *

Tally Solutions Tally Solutions is an Indian multinational technology company that provides enterprise resource planning software. It is headquartered in Bangalore. History Tally Solutions was co-founded in 1986 by Shyam Sunder Goenka Shyam Sunder Goen ...

, 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) Tally Ho is an Australian brand of cigarette rolling paper distributed by Imperial Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco Australia. History Tally Ho rolling paper is notable in that each paper offers pieces of Australian trivia. In 2015, Tally-Ho was ...

, an Australian brand of cigarette rolling paper * ''Tally-Ho'', the daily newspaper of The Village in the TV series

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan. McGoohan portrays Number Six (The Prisoner), Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a The Village (The Prisoner), mysteri ...

TallyGenicom The TallyGenicom brand, acquired by Printronix in 2009, includes laser and line matrix printers, parts, consumables and service. Printronix now owns the intellectual property and worldwide sales distribution rights for TallyGenicom line matrix an ...

, a defunct printer company

Sports

ASC Niarry Tally Association Sportive et Culturelle Niarry Tally Grand-Dakar Biscuiterie is a football club from Senegal. The club is owned by Senegal's biscuit company known as Grand-Dakar Biscuiterie. The club was founded on 21 February 1981, but the first foo ...

, a football club from Senegal *

Tally-ho Tally-ho is a phrase used in hunting. Tally Ho and Tallyho may refer to: Places * Tally-Ho Plantation House, a home in Louisiana * Tally Ho Township in Granville County, North Carolina * Tally Ho, Victoria, a locality within the suburb of Burw ...

, a phrase used in hunting *

Tallygaroopna Football Club Tallygaroopna Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Kyabram & District Football League. The club was established in 1904 and initially competed in the Southern Division of the Goulburn Valley Football ...

, an Australian rules football club

Other uses

Tally (cap) The tally on a sailor's cap is a ribbon usually bearing the name of a ship or some other establishment to which they belong. Practice varies with each navy, though a conventional tally is black, with a gold or yellow inscription. The inscript ...

, a ribbon on a sailor's cap * Tally language, a form of unary language in computational complexity theory *

Tally light In a television studio, a tally light (or on air indicator) is a small signal lamp on a professional video camera or Video monitor, monitor. It is usually located just above the lens or on the electronic viewfinder (EVF) and communicates, for t ...

, 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