tab

noun

A bill or check, such as one for a meal in a restaurant.

noun

Cost; price.

noun

A key on a computer keyboard that, when pressed, inserts a special ASCII character used for formatting text, as in indenting a line or block of text.

noun

This special ASCII character.

intransitive verb

To press the tab on a typewriter or computer keyboard.

idiom

(keep tabs on) To observe carefully over time.