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noun | verb tabtab1 /tæb/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYtab1Origin: (1) 1900-2000 tabulator tab key (19-21 centuries), from tabulate (2-3) 1800-1900 Partly from table (4-7, 9) 1600-1700 Origin unknown. (8) 1900-2000 tablet ► put it on ... tab He ordered dinner and put it on his tab. ► ran up a ... tab In two days, she ran up a bar tab of $175. THESAURUSpayment request► billa)a written list showing how much you have to pay for services you have received, work that has been done, etc.: Have you paid the phone bill?b)a list showing how much you have to pay for food you have eaten in a restaurant: Could we have the bill please? ► check a bill that you are given in a restaurant: Can I have the check, please? ► invoice a document that shows how much you owe for goods, work, etc.: Payment is due ten days after receipt of the invoice. ► tab an amount of money that you owe for a meal or drinks you have had, but have not yet paid for: Order a drink and tell them to put it on my tab. ► statement a list that shows how much money has been paid out or received in a period of time, and that shows a total amount at different points during that period. You usually get a statement from a bank: I checked the bank statement to see if the check had cleared. 1MONEY YOU OWE a)a bill that is added up at the end of a period of time, showing how much you owe for drinks, food, etc.: He ordered dinner and put it on his tab. In two days, she ran up a bar tab of $175. b)the amount of money that you owe for a meal in a restaurant, drinks in a bar, etc. SYN bill, check► see thesaurus at bill12pick up the tab to pay for something, especially when it is not your responsibility to pay: Taxpayers will have to pick up the tab for the new stadium.3keep (close) tabs on somebody/something informal to watch someone or something carefully to check what he or she is doing or what is happening to it: He keeps tabs on everyone in the building.4ON A CAN/BOX ETC. a small piece of metal, plastic, or paper that you pull to open a container5SMALL PIECE OF PAPER/PLASTIC a small piece of paper or plastic you attach to a page, file, etc. in order to find it easily6IN TYPING a)a setting that you make on a computer or typewriter so that when you press a special button, you move forward to a particular place on a line of text b)a tab key7DRUGS slang a solid form of the illegal drug LSD noun | verb tabtab2 verb (tabbed, tabbing) VERB TABLEtab |
| Present | I, you, we, they | tab | | he, she, it | tabs | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tabbed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tabbed | | he, she, it | has tabbed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tabbed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tab | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tabbed |
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| Present | I | am tabbing | | he, she, it | is tabbing | | you, we, they | are tabbing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was tabbing | | you, we, they | were tabbing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tabbing | | he, she, it | has been tabbing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tabbing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tabbing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tabbing |
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