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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
Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
View in new tab Absent from the complaint is any formal assertion that the school violated students' First Amendment rights.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
He was named for the third straight year to the All-NIL team and tabbed the defensive player of the year.
—Mike Organ, The Tennessean, 26 Aug. 2025
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Noun
And ultimately, at least some of the tab will be passed along to American consumers in the form of higher prices.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
View in new tab Absent from the complaint is any formal assertion that the school violated students' First Amendment rights.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
And Strnad — just as he was thrown in for eight starts last season — was suddenly tabbed to start Week 1 alongside Alex Singleton.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
He was named for the third straight year to the All-NIL team and tabbed the defensive player of the year.
—Mike Organ, The Tennessean, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tab
Noun
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Individual customers' bills will vary according to their usage rates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Drew Maloney, the CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, a trade association of for-profit electric utilities, suggested that only some states are the drivers of higher average electric bills.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Witnesses said a silver Ford sedan fled the scene, and detectives later identified the driver as 57-year-old Humberto Munoz Gatica of Laguna Niguel, according to The Register.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Tarrant County Medical Examiner will publicly identify the person who died.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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My Seven Mothers is an eye-opening account of the challenges and possibilities connected with liberation and radical social change during the 1970s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The attendees—thirty- and forty-somethings who are members of the bank’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) division, which boasts an average account size of over $75 million—gathered to hash out their anxiety and excitement.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Philippines is no stranger to typhoons and Kalmaegi made landfall as the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane – the 20th named storm to impact the country this year, according to local officials.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Two tipsters had told Carpenter that a man named Don Miller had stolen human remains and burial pieces from Native American graves along with other cultural artifacts from around the world.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Starbucks expects the total value of its China retail business to exceed $13 billion, according to the statement.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Online attacks against Banda escalated after her recognition for FIFPRO Women's World 11, prompting the NWSL to issue a statement denouncing all forms of harassment and affirming support for Banda and all players.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The defense outlet Naval News reported that the submarine class proposed for the Philippine navy, currently designated KSS-III PN, is a variant of South Korea's KSS-III Batch-II class, of which the Northeast Asian country recently launched a new vessel.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Discovered using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), the flare erupted from the supermassive black hole at the heart of an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) designated J2245+3743 and located in the center of a galaxy 10 billion light-years away from Earth.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Charging documents alleged Lillig fraudulently activated 436 Visa gift cards worth about $155,000 over the five years.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Nov. 2025
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The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Despite creating the album in New York, it’s titled after Silo Park in Auckland.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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That home was loved enough to have its photograph framed and titled.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Tab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tab. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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