Definitions
1.nounAn 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.nounA rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story."the Canterbury Tales"
3.nounA number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
4.nounThe fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
5.nounNumber; tally; quota.
6.nounAccount; estimation; regard; heed.
7.nounSpeech; language.
8.nounA speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
9.nounA count; declaration.
10.nounA number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
11.nounA report of any matter; a relation; a version.