keep count

: to retain in one's possession or power

: to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing

: to have in control

: the means or provisions by which one is kept

: one that keeps or protects: such as

: fortress, castle

: to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number

: to name the numbers in order up to and including

: to include in a tallying and reckoning

: the action or process of counting

: a total obtained by counting : tally

: reckoning, account

: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl