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countertallies

countertallies is the plural of countertally.

Meaning of countertally

Noun

countertally (plural countertallies)

  1. (historical) A portion of a tally stick, broken off so that its authenticity can later be confirmed by aligning it with the other portion.

Questions about countertallies

What is countertallies the plural of?
Countertallies is the plural of countertally.

Words near countertallies in the dictionary

  1. countersynod
  2. countersynods
  3. countersyntactic
  4. countertactic
  5. countertactics
  6. countertallies
  7. countertally
  8. countertariff
  9. countertariffed
  10. countertariffing
  11. countertariffs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countertallies (page history and authors); countertally (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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