SCORE, n. 1. A notch or incision; hence, the number twenty. Our ancestors, before the knowledge of writing, numbered and kept accounts of numbers by cutting notches on a stick or tally, and making one notch the representative of twenty. A simple mark answered the same purpose.2. A line drawn.3. An account or reckoning; as, he paid his score.4. An account kept of something past; an epoch; an era.5. Debt, or account of debt.6. Account; reason; motive.But left the trade, as many more have lately done on the same score.7. Account; sake.You act your kindness of Cydaria's score.8. In music, the original and entire draught of any composition, or its transcript.To quit scores, to pay fully; to make even by giving an equivalent.A song in score, the words with the musical notes of a song annexed.SCORE, v.t. 1. To notch; to cut and chip for the purpose of preparing for hewing; as, to score timber.2. To cut; to engrave.3. To mark by a line.4. To set down as a debt.Madam, I know when, instead of five, you scored me ten.5. To set down or take as an account; to charge; as, to score follies.6. To form a score in music. |
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