To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
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.