Exact meaning of 'la cuenta'?

[QuriousSaloni]

What does exactly 'la cuenta' mean? Duolingo taught me that it's check.
Does it mean cheque, or as to check someone's assignment?

[Julian_L.]

With "check" Duolingo meant a "bill", i.e., what you have to pay after eating in a restaurant.
Keep in mind that "cuenta" has many other meanings.

[GdeB]

Although that does remind of the fact that in the US you can pay a check with a bill but in the UK you can pay a bill with a cheque. Gloriously confusing language.

[b05aplmun.ca]

What does exactly 'la cuenta' mean? Duolingo taught me that it's check.
Does it mean cheque, or as to check someone's assignment?

For future reference, anything preceded by "la" or "el" is a noun, which, in this instance rules out "to check."

[justheaven]

As others already said it can have many meanings -

• check, bill, sum
• account (as in bank account or website account)
• as a verb: count - él/ella/usted cuenta - he/she/you formal count
• as an idiomatic expression: me di cuenta - I realized

Here are more examples: https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/cuenta
https://context.reverso.net/translation ... ish/cuenta

[pawndemic]

As others already said it can have many meanings -

It could also mean beads as in cuentas de vidrio glass beads.

[gaywizard27]

hi! una cuenta is the check you get in a restaurant after you've finished your meal.