keep tally
Example Sentences
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The third scrutator reads each name aloud, while the cardinals keep tally.
From Time Magazine Archive
They dropped back into the receptacle one by one, and with such a ringing sound that even Paul was able to keep tally.
From The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership by Warren, George A.
That evening he was engaged by the captain of the vessel to keep tally on the sacks at five francs per diem.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
They can keep tally on a stick or a distaff.
From The Eyes of Asia by Kipling, Rudyard
For this reason small gangs of concrete workers need no foreman at all, provided one of the workers is given command and required to keep tally of the batches.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
