Score
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The word score can have several meanings.
Originally it meant: keeping count of something by making notches in a tally stick. This might be for keeping count of how much money they owed (e.g. how much tax or debt).
The word score is now used for the number of points that people have got in a game or sport, e.g.:
- The football match ended with a score of 3-2.
A person who helps to count the points during a game is “keeping score”. A footballer who kicks the ball into the goal scores a goal.
Score is an old word for the number 20. It is used in the famous expression from the Bible: “three score years and ten” meaning: “seventy years old” (3x20+10) (Psalm 90). This was thought to be a normal life span.
In the United States a 20 dollar bill (banknote) is known as a score.
In music a score is the sheet music written for a group of players such as an orchestra.
A score can mean a "soundtrack" in a movie.
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