keep a tally
keep a record
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Children hold you accountable on their own. They KEEP A TALLY, and they remind you. Hey, Mom, this is the third day we’ve had sandwiches for dinner."
Mary Laura Philpott - The New York Times
Mary Laura Philpott - The New York Times
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tally
noun
1. an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
2. Also called tally stick. a stick of wood with notches cut to indicate the amount of a debt or payment, often split lengthwise across the notches, the debtor retaining one piece and the creditor the other.
3. anything on which a score or account is kept.
4. a notch or mark made on or in a tally.
5. a number or group of items recorded.
6. a mark made to register a certain number of items, as four consecutive vertical lines with a diagonal line through them to indicate a group of five.
7. a number of objects serving as a unit of computation.
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ORIGIN
mid-15c., "stick marked with notches to indicate amount owed or paid," from Anglo-French tallie (early 14c., Old French taille "notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt"), Anglo-Latin talea (late 12c.), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea "a cutting, rod, stick"
http://www.etymonline.com
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SYNONYMS
compute, count up, keep score, mark, reckon, record, register, total
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noun
1. an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
2. Also called tally stick. a stick of wood with notches cut to indicate the amount of a debt or payment, often split lengthwise across the notches, the debtor retaining one piece and the creditor the other.
3. anything on which a score or account is kept.
4. a notch or mark made on or in a tally.
5. a number or group of items recorded.
6. a mark made to register a certain number of items, as four consecutive vertical lines with a diagonal line through them to indicate a group of five.
7. a number of objects serving as a unit of computation.
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ORIGIN
mid-15c., "stick marked with notches to indicate amount owed or paid," from Anglo-French tallie (early 14c., Old French taille "notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt"), Anglo-Latin talea (late 12c.), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea "a cutting, rod, stick"
http://www.etymonline.com
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SYNONYMS
compute, count up, keep score, mark, reckon, record, register, total
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Say something like:
"Do you keep a tally of how many English words you speak in a day?"
