Given meal in turn — bill to follow actually (2,5)

I believe the answer is:

de facto

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(Other definitions for de facto that I've seen before include "Really" , "In reality, actual" , "actually" , "Actual, though maybe not legal" , "effective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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