1. (

• check ,
• chit ,
• tab

) the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" ;

2. (

• yellow_journalism ,
• tabloid ,
• tab ,

) sensationalist journalism ;

3. (

• tab_key ,
• tab ,

) the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation ;

4. (

• tab ,

) a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs" ;

5. (

• pill ,
• lozenge ,
• tablet ,
• tab

) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet ;