tallies
1Tallies — Tally Tal ly, n.; pl. {Tallies}. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taill[ e], p. p. of tailler. See {Tailor}, and cf. {Tail} a limitation, {Taille}, {Tallage}.] 1. Originally, a… …
2tallies of loan — Bills of credit which were issued by the officers of the English exchequer when a temporary loan wits necessary to meet the exigencies of government. They were first termed “tallies of loans and orders of repayment,” charged on the credit of the… …
3tallies — tal·ly || tælɪ n. reckoning, score, total; something on which an account or score is kept; mark made to keep record of a number of items v. add up, total, reckon; list, record; correspond, be in agreement; keep a record of …
4tallies — plural of tally present third singular of tally …
5tallies of loan — A term originally used in England to describe exchequer bills, which were issued by the officers of the exchequer when a temporary loan was necessary to meet the exigencies of the government, and charged on the credit of the exchequer in general …
6To strike tallies — Tally Tal ly, n.; pl. {Tallies}. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taill[ e], p. p. of tailler. See {Tailor}, and cf. {Tail} a limitation, {Taille}, {Tallage}.] 1. Originally, a… …
7Writer of the tallies — Writer Writ er, n. [AS. wr[=i]tere.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. [1913 Webster] They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. [1913 Webster] My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1 …
8cutter of the tallies — /katar av 5a taeliyz/ In old English law, an officer in the exchequer, to whom it belonged to provide wood for the tallies, and to cut the sum paid upon them, etc …
9cutter of the tallies — /katar av 5a taeliyz/ In old English law, an officer in the exchequer, to whom it belonged to provide wood for the tallies, and to cut the sum paid upon them, etc …
10writer of the tallies — /raytar sv da taeliyz/ In England, an officer of the exchequer whose duty it was to write upon the tallies the letters of tellers bills …
