Meaning

• 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!"

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

  "the Canterbury Tales"

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

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

• Number; tally; quota.

• Account; estimation; regard; heed.

• Speech; language.

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

• A count; declaration.

• A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.

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