put on the tab

VERB

charge

Synonyms

STRONG

book debit encumber nick paste

WEAK

buy on credit chalk up go into hock incur debt put on account put on one's card put on the cuff receive credit run up

Antonyms

WEAK

free pay pay by check pay cash

Example Sentences

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put on the tab

Treasury came along with the contracts, and whatever high living they had in mind, they could put on the tab.

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