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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the bill in a restaurant
  2. noun sensationalist journalism
  3. noun the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

Etymology

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

In classic literature

Synonyms

check, chit

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