tally stick

English

Etymology

tally +‎ stick

Noun

tally stick (plural tally sticks)

(historical) A bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.
Synonyms: nickstick, tally

Hyponyms: single tally, split tally

Coordinate terms

tally mark

Translations

piece of wood with notches or scores

Armenian: հաշվեփայտ (hy) (hašvepʿayt)
Middle Armenian: փայտ համարոյ (pʿayt hamaroy)
Catalan: pal de recompte m, pal de comptar m, bastó de recompte m
Dutch: kerfstok (nl) m
Finnish: pulkka (fi), pirkka (fi), pykäläpuu
French: bâton de comptage m, bâton de taille m
German: Kerbholz (de) n, Kerbstock m, Zählholz n, Zählstab m
Greek: τσέτουλα (el) f (tsétoula)
Italian: bastone da conteggio m
Occitan: òsca (oc) f
Ottoman Turkish: چتله (çetele)
Persian: چوب‌خط (čub-xat)
Romanian: răboj (ro) n
Russian: би́рка (ru) f (bírka)
Spanish: palo tallado m, palo de cómputo m

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Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} talha (pt) f

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