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I've come across having to translate the Danish word "stregregnskab" to English. The direct translation would be "line account", but I seem to recall there being a proper name for this sort of account.

For the record, "stregregnskab" means an account such as the one shown below, usually used for counting consumption of beverages or points in games.

A "line account"

I feel that "line account" is a pretty poor translation, so I'm curious; what is the commonly accepted name for this sort of account? (I am referring to the entire image here; not just the tally marks.)

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    – RegDwigнt
    Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 16:59
  • Do you mean the lines which stand for numbers (tally marks), or the whole grid, including the names of the people, and what they drank?
    – Daniel
    Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 17:03
  • @drm65: I mean the whole sheet. :)
    – Sebastian Paaske Tørholm
    Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 18:08
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    @Seb: Then this is not a duplicate, and you can flag and let a moderator know.
    – Daniel
    Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 18:08
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    @RegDwight: Is it still a dupe? The term "tally sheet" really isn't evident in the answer to the proposed dupe.
    – Daniel
    Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 18:12

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I was pointed towards the word "tally" by RegDwight ♦, which added further fuel to my Google searches.

I ended up finding the term check sheet, also called a tally sheet, which appears to be exactly what I'm looking for.

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    Sebastian Paaske Tørholm: Cheers!
    – Daniel
    Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 18:43
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    Check sheet is accurate but not what I'd consider a common term; I'd consider using tally or an alternative word like scorecard instead of it in conversation.
    – BenOfTomorrow
    Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 18:52
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In a bar where multiple drinks are being ordered throughout the night and we don't want to have to pay for each drink each time until the final bill is settled at the end of the night, we would simply ask the bartender to run a "tab", which is short for 'tabulate', meaning a running bill or account.

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