chip in
verb
chipped in; chipping in; chips in
1
transitive + intransitive
: contribute
chip in five dollars
Everyone chipped in for the gift.
2
Examples of chip in in a Sentence
we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries
forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square
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Foxconn is the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer and makes the servers that hold chips in data centers.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
Ali Dibba scored 12 points and Pop Isaacs chipped in with 11.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2026
But that changed in 2025, so that Pace now covers half of the costs, eliminating the community sponsors’ need to chip in.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Noah Clowney scored eight points and the bench chipped in 10 more between Ziaire Williams, Nolan Traoré and Drake Powell.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
Ali Dibba scored 12 points and Pop Isaacs chipped in with 11.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2026
But that changed in 2025, so that Pace now covers half of the costs, eliminating the community sponsors’ need to chip in.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Noah Clowney scored eight points and the bench chipped in 10 more between Ziaire Williams, Nolan Traoré and Drake Powell.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chip in
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“Chip in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chip%20in. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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