miscounting
Getting totals wrong
Miscounting is counting incorrectly—arriving at the wrong number through error or carelessness.
The miscounting of ballots delayed the election results.
Someone who miscounts may skip numbers, count the same item twice, or simply lose track.
The word covers both the act and instances of it: There was some miscounting in the inventory.
Voting forms
- votesFormal choices recorded
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
- tallyRecorded count
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
polling · precincts · turnout · rigging · electoral · spoiled ballots · ballot box · vote tampering
Error in estimation
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- errorFault in communication
- slipMinor error or misstep
discrepancy · inaccuracy · oversight · omission · off-by-one · human error · clerical error · recheck
Counting stored goods
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- auditFormal accounts examination
- stockGoods kept for sale
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
shrinkage · shortage · surplus · tracking · reconciliation · scanner · barcode · goods
Recording financial transactions systematically
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- auditFormal accounts examination
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- ledgerFinancial record book
balance · discrepancy · expenses · revenue · receipts · invoices · transactions · cashflow
ballots
Voting forms
- votesFormal choices recorded
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
- tallyRecorded count
fraud · polling · precincts · turnout · rigging · electoral · spoiled ballots · ballot box · vote tampering · disputed
miscalculation
Error in estimation
slip · discrepancy · inaccuracy · oversight · omission · off-by-one · human error · clerical error · recheck · double-check
stocktake
Counting stored goods
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- auditFormal accounts examination
- stockGoods kept for sale
warehouse · shrinkage · shortage · surplus · tracking · reconciliation · scanner · barcode · goods · merchandise
bookkeeping
Recording financial transactions systematically
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- auditFormal accounts examination
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
ledger · balance · discrepancy · expenses · revenue · receipts · invoices · transactions · cashflow · budget
- calculation errorsmiscalculation, math error, addition error, subtraction error, multiplication error
- election fraudelection fraud, voter fraud, ballot stuffing, ballot tampering, vote rigging
- errorserror, mistake, blunder, blunders, fault
- misjudgmentsmisjudgment, mistake, error, blunder, miscalculation
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
count, discount, account, counter, counting, recount, uncounted, recounting, miscount