transcription, транскрипция: [ tæb ]
( tabs)
1.
A tab is a small piece of cloth or paper that is attached to something, usually with information about that thing written on it.
A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.
= label
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2.
A tab is the total cost of goods or services that you have to pay, or the bill or check for those goods or services. ( mainly AM )
At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million...
= bill
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3.
A tab is a metal strip that you pull off the top of a can of drink in order to open it.
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4.
A tab is a drug, especially one that is sold illegally, which is in tablet form. ( INFORMAL )
One tab of Ecstasy costs at least £15.
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5.
If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you. ( INFORMAL )
PHRASE : V inflects : PHR n
6.
If you pick up the tab , you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something. ( INFORMAL )
Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night...
PHRASE : V inflects