pay a compliment

Express praise or commendation to someone, as in Meredith wanted to pay Christopher a compliment so she told him she liked his new haircut . This expression uses pay in the sense of "give something that is due." [c. 1700]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
LÁRus	-	Icelandic
Bainbridge	['beibridʒ]
Rachana	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Nepali
Fulgentius	-	Late Roman
Lenka	-	Czech, Slovak
Theo	THEE-o (English), TAY-o (Dutch)	English, Dutch