- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance);
"she made good marks in algebra"
"grade A milk"
"what was your score on your homework?"
- a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages;
"he studied the score of the sonata"
- a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest;
"the score was 7 to 0"
- a set of twenty members;
"a score were sent out but only one returned"
- grounds;
"don't do it on my account"
"the paper was rejected on account of its length"
"he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
- the facts about an actual situation;
"he didn't know the score"
- an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar);
"add it to my score and I'll settle later"
- a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;
"holding a grudge"
"settling a score"
- the act of scoring in a game or sport;
"the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
- a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse;
"calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
