Tallies
Esquema
Jerarquía
Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) > Information Forms (Hierarchy Name) > information forms > document genres > <document genres by function> > records (documents) > <records by form or function> > financial records
Descripción
Sticks or rods made of wood and marked with transverse notches for the purpose of counting or measuring a debt or payment. A debtor and creditor would each retain halves of the sticks which would be cleft lengthwise across the notches, constituting legal proof of the debt.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- kerfstokken [nl]
- taille [fr]
- tally [en]
- tally sticks (financial records) [en]
- notched stucks [en]
- tailles [fr]