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
Nephele	NEF-el-ee (English)	Greek Mythology
BÄRbel	-	German
Plinius	-	Ancient Roman
Naum	-	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Arun	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi
Dirk	DIRK (Dutch), DEERK (German), DURK (English)	Dutch, German, English