tale

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Noun

1. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
   • the Canterbury Tales
2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
3. The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
4. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
   • Don't tell tales!
5. Number; tally; quota.
6. Account; estimation; regard; heed.
7. Speech; language.
8. A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
9. A count; declaration.
10. A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
11. A report of any matter; a relation; a version.

Verb

1. To speak; discourse; tell tales.
2. To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.

Noun

1. Alternative form of tael.

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