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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Tab...

0 A girl in a bar gives a man his order and says: "Your tab is 01u00starting to get up02u00 there. I'll need a credit card."02br
00What does she mean by the underlined part? His tab is ready, almost ready or what? 0-
  

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0A "tab" is a temporary credit. 0-

  • 0A "tab" is a temporary credit.
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0A "tab" is a temporary credit. Usually, you start a tab at the beginning of the evening, and whatever you drink goes on you tab, then you pay it at the end of the night.02br
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00If it's "starting to get up there" the amount of money that has been charged to the tab had gotten pretty high.02br
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00The bartender wants th man's credit card so she can a
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0Another possible reading:02br
00tab: current value of the bill/expenses02br
00he wants the card, in order to have the card info (number, expiration date) and charge it in case the customer disappears 0-
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0Do you think that's different from mine?0-

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