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as in bill
a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due
I don't have any cash on me, so can you put this on my tab?
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as in check
the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount
asked the server to put our dinners on separate tabs so we could each pay for our own meal
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Recent Examples of tab
Nena Farrell, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Flat Top Grill The restaurant chain is offering 20% off the in-store tab (excluding alcohol) for those who stop in with their sticker.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
After an hourlong conversation with Walker Lyons, a USC tight end commit who had put football on hold to serve, Montague tabbed him for Tromso.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 13 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Screenshot courtesy of Nena Farrell Hot Tabs (and Powers)
No one can escape the world of never-ending tabs, not even Stardew players.
—Nena Farrell, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Flat Top Grill The restaurant chain is offering 20% off the in-store tab (excluding alcohol) for those who stop in with their sticker.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Spieth, who went 5-0 for the U.S. in 2022, underwent wrist surgery after the PGA Tour season and Thomas wasn’t tabbed as a captain’s pick despite his 17-7-4 record in Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup matches.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
After an hourlong conversation with Walker Lyons, a USC tight end commit who had put football on hold to serve, Montague tabbed him for Tromso.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tab
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Through a GoFundMe, his family raised over $3.4 million to help with his medical bills and therapy, including for a traumatic brain injury.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Two students find a 500-rial bill frozen in the ice and race around town for an axe to cut it free.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
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Instagram has rolled out tools that allow users to identify and categorize which of their followers could be spam accounts, and ban entire groups of followers at once.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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At each location, staff and volunteers work to identify community needs, recruit personnel, procure critical equipment and material items, and coordinate the overall response.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Best Buy membership deals Anyone can create a free My Best Buy account and receive free shipping from BestBuy, no minimum purchase required.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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Its barely two hundred and fifty pages are not a biography of Sargent, or a definitive history of the Gilded Age or its trappings, or a definitive account of anything.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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The guild has existed since 2009, when a player named King Bruenor grew tired of the endgame loot grind Blizzard intended.Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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As a crackling wood fire heats the pan in the traditional Bhutanese outdoor kitchen—a two-burner hearth made of clay from the nearby forest—a woman named Namgay Wangmo kneels down and breaks a few eggs into a bowl, adding some salt and a little chili powder.Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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In a statement, the IAEA outlined the plans Iran informed it of, which include feeding uranium into about 45 cascades of its advanced IR-2M, IR-4 and IR-6 centrifuges.JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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The filing includes financial statements for the quarter, showing a decrease in net sales to $20.2 billion from $20.5 billion in the same quarter the previous year.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2024
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President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 designated the last Thursday of November for a day of Thanksgiving.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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State biologists had also recommended against designating the western Joshua tree as threatened, saying concerns about the effects of climate change were premature.Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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According to court documents, some Union voters were disenfranchised while other voters in the unincorporated parts of the county may have incorrectly voted in the city election.Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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City documents showed the work is needed because some components of the plant's cooling infrastructure are outdated and costly to operate, while others are obsolete or no longer have replacement parts available.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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During her Grammys speech, Swift revealed that her new album will be titled The Tortured Poets Department.Marina Watts, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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The council voted unanimously to pass the bill, titled the Downtown Arena Revitalization Act of 2024, through the first reading.Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Tab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tab. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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