TALLY-SHOP
\tˈalɪʃˈɒp], \tˈalɪʃˈɒp], \t_ˈa_l_ɪ_ʃ_ˈɒ_p]\
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n. A shop at which goods or articles are sold on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter-tally, kept by the seller, payments being made by weekly or fortnightly instalments, according to the time in which the buyers (mechanics, labourers, &c.) receive their wages.
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