Using the same basis to calculate the cost of my 15-year-old car, for which I paid $10,000, brings the total tab to slightly more than $130,000.

We chose a decent bottle of wine and it brought the total tab to $171.33.

The total tab varies according to the beverage bill and choice of accompanying courses.

Design and other costs are expected to make the total tab nearly $50 million.

Tipping is usually about 20 percent of the total tab.

The total tab, he said, including a new lease, would easily exceed $100,000.

The total tab is $1.7 billion, according to the United Nations.

One even chose a diner, he said, with a resulting total tab of $30 for two.

The total tab for the machines was almost two thousand dollars.

Yael starts Harvard in the fall, with the total tab estimated at $125,000.