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