A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.
Sports & Games A usually numerical record of a competitive event: keeping score.
Sports & Games The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage: The score stood tied in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Sports & Games The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.
A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.
An amount due; a debt.
A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction: settle an old score.
A ground; a reason.
A group of 20 items.
Large numbers: Scores of people attended the rally.
Music The notation of a musical work.
Music The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.
Music The music written for a film or a play.
Slang The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: "He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score” ( Peter Goldman).
Slang The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.
Slang A successful robbery.
Slang A sexual conquest.
To mark with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.
To cancel or eliminate by or as if by superimposing lines.
To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.
Sports & Games To gain (a point) in a game or contest.
Sports & Games To count or be worth as points: A basket scores two points.
Sports & Games To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).
Baseball Sports & Games To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit: scored both runners with a double.