Scorecard
noun
A card or a piece of paper where scores are written, typically in sports or games.
John kept a scorecard to track everyone's points in the golf match.
Often appears as...
- keep a scorecard
- update the scorecard
noun
A summary or an overview of a person's or an organization's performance, often in terms of goals met or failed.
The quarterly balance scorecard showed a boost in the company's profits.
Often appears as...
- balance scorecard
- performance scorecard
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Formal
Technical
noun
A card or a piece of paper where scores are written, typically in sports or games.
John kept a scorecard to track everyone's points in the golf match.
Often appears as...
- keep a scorecard
- update the scorecard
noun
A summary or an overview of a person's or an organization's performance, often in terms of goals met or failed.
The quarterly balance scorecard showed a boost in the company's profits.
Often appears as...
- balance scorecard
- performance scorecard
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Context
Scorecards are commonly used in games and sports to track points and determine winners.
In cricket, each player's performance is noted on a scorecard.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Object
A scorecard is often a tangible item, like a sheet of paper, that can be held and written on.
The judge handed out scorecards before the diving competition began.
Pro Tip 3/3Score Tracking
Scorecards serve as a historical record of scores that can be reviewed later.
After the chess tournament, they examined the scorecard for a summary of the matches.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Context
Scorecards are commonly used in games and sports to track points and determine winners.
In cricket, each player's performance is noted on a scorecard.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Object
A scorecard is often a tangible item, like a sheet of paper, that can be held and written on.
The judge handed out scorecards before the diving competition began.
Pro Tip 3/3Score Tracking
Scorecards serve as a historical record of scores that can be reviewed later.
After the chess tournament, they examined the scorecard for a summary of the matches.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Context
Scorecards are commonly used in games and sports to track points and determine winners.
In cricket, each player's performance is noted on a scorecard.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Object
A scorecard is often a tangible item, like a sheet of paper, that can be held and written on.
The judge handed out scorecards before the diving competition began.
Pro Tip 3/3Score Tracking
Scorecards serve as a historical record of scores that can be reviewed later.
After the chess tournament, they examined the scorecard for a summary of the matches.
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Surveillance on and off...
allow the employer to construct a scorecard which can then be used to rank the driver alongside his co-workers sometimes companies will attach a small financial incentive to good performance or they'll just even so simply post the scores up in a common area so drivers
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Can you solve the dragon...
After weighing your options, you decide to offer your life’s savings to one of the regulation wizards in return for the information, giving him your blank scorecard to fill out. But before he can finish, your boss walks into the tent.
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Larry Brilliant: TED...
We had a reward. We raised the reward. We continued to increase the reward. We had a scorecard that we wrote on every house. And as we did that, the number of reported cases in the world dropped to zero.
Video examples
Surveillance on and off...
allow the employer to construct a scorecard which can then be used to rank the driver alongside his co-workers sometimes companies will attach a small financial incentive to good performance or they'll just even so simply post the scores up in a common area so drivers
Video examples
Can you solve the dragon...
After weighing your options, you decide to offer your life’s savings to one of the regulation wizards in return for the information, giving him your blank scorecard to fill out. But before he can finish, your boss walks into the tent.
Video examples
Larry Brilliant: TED...
We had a reward. We raised the reward. We continued to increase the reward. We had a scorecard that we wrote on every house. And as we did that, the number of reported cases in the world dropped to zero.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Nicola Adams
English Athlete
Women boxers prefer to focus on the win rather than the bravado. We've come a long way. In the '90s, you only ever saw women parading in heels and a bikini holding a scorecard. Now we're owning it; we should get some male models in Speedos to do the ring walk.
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Paula Creamer
American Athlete
Practice, work out, proper nutrition, lots of work on my short game. In golf, that's really where the strokes come off the scorecard.
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Thomas Friedman
American Journalist
Every golf course should have its carbon rating on the scorecard, alongside its Course Rating, Slope, par and yardage.
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Florence King
American Writer
In baseball, you can't tell the players without a scorecard, but in political commentary, you need a metaphor.
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Dizzy Dean
American Athlete
I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.
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Steve Blank
American Businessman
The business model is both the starting point and the scorecard for Customer Development progress.
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Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.
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Robert Kraft
American Businessman
I like making money, but it's a scorecard. I'm not driven by that.
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Nicola Adams
English Athlete
Women boxers prefer to focus on the win rather than the bravado. We've come a long way. In the '90s, you only ever saw women parading in heels and a bikini holding a scorecard. Now we're owning it; we should get some male models in Speedos to do the ring walk.
Quote examples
Paula Creamer
American Athlete
Practice, work out, proper nutrition, lots of work on my short game. In golf, that's really where the strokes come off the scorecard.
Quote examples
Thomas Friedman
American Journalist
Every golf course should have its carbon rating on the scorecard, alongside its Course Rating, Slope, par and yardage.
Quote examples
Florence King
American Writer
In baseball, you can't tell the players without a scorecard, but in political commentary, you need a metaphor.
Quote examples
Dizzy Dean
American Athlete
I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.
Quote examples
Steve Blank
American Businessman
The business model is both the starting point and the scorecard for Customer Development progress.
Quote examples
Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.
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Robert Kraft
American Businessman
I like making money, but it's a scorecard. I'm not driven by that.
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