suit vs tally

suit

verb
  • To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with) 

  • To be suitable or apt for one's image. 

  • To be appropriate or apt for. 

  • To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. 

  • To please; to make content; to fit one's taste. 

  • To dress; to clothe. 

noun
  • The full set of sails required for a ship. 

  • A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. 

  • The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit. 

  • A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. 

  • A full set of armour. 

  • Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. 

  • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. 

  • A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit. 

  • Petition, request, entreaty. 

tally

verb
  • To correspond or agree. 

  • To count something. 

  • To make things correspond or agree with each other. 

  • To mathematically calculate a numeric result. 

  • To keep score. 

  • To record something by making marks. 

  • To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. 

noun
  • A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong. 

  • A tally shop. 

  • A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game. 

  • One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. 

  • Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate. 

  • One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. 

intj
  • Target sighted. 

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