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Cut a number (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

score

I believe this is a double definition.

'cut' is the first definition.
(I know that score is a more specific form of the action notch)

'a number' is the second definition.
(I know that score is a type of number)

(Other definitions for score that I've seen before include "Deeply scratch" , "Points in a match" , "Gain a point (20 of them?)" , "Orchestrate; twenty" , "Musical composition in written form" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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