tale

/ˈteɪl/

IPA: /T EY1 L/

noun
  1. 1

    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!

  2. 2

    A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

    the Canterbury Tales

  3. 3

    A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.

  4. 4

    The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.

  5. 5

    Number; tally; quota.

  6. 6

    Account; estimation; regard; heed.

  7. 7

    Speech; language.

  8. 8

    A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.

  9. 9

    A count; declaration.

  10. 10

    A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.

  11. 11

    A report of any matter; a relation; a version.

verb
  1. 1

    To speak; discourse; tell tales.

  2. 2

    To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.

noun
  1. 1

    Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.

  2. 2

    Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.

  3. 3

    Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms

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