Tab

Definition of tab:

part of speech: noun

A small flap or tag attached to a garment, etc.; a loop; colloquially, account; as, to keep tab on his behavior.

Usage examples for tab:

• " D' ye hear, Tab "Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1.", Samuel Warren.

• He alleged that I had intimated that the doctor kept tab on sick alumni of wealth and their families, and at the critical moment there would be a sympathetic call from the doctor, and, while at the bedside he administered comfort and consolation, yet he made it plain to the patient that he could not hope for the opening of the pearly gates or the welcome of St. Peter unless Princeton was remembered. "My Memories of Eighty Years", Chauncey M. Depew.

• Just type the beginning of a command or filename and press Tab "Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage", John Goerzen and Ossama Othman.

• He and Blakely have been helping me keep tab on Matthews to prevent the very thing that's happened. "The Plow-Woman", Eleanor Gates.