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1
a small flat piece separated from a whole
- wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants
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3
chips plural
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
- was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery
Synonyms for chip
- bread
- [slang],
- bucks,
- cabbage
- [slang],
- cash,
- change,
- coin,
- currency,
- dough,
- gold,
- green,
- jack
- [slang],
- kale
- [slang],
- legal tender,
- lolly
- [British],
- long green
- [slang],
- loot,
- lucre,
- money,
- moola
- (or moolah)
- [slang],
- needful,
- pelf,
- scratch
- [slang],
- shekels
- (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
- tender,
- wampum
Words Related to chip
- dead presidents
- [slang],
- folding money,
- paper money,
- scrip
- chump change,
- dibs
- [slang],
- dime,
- mite,
- peanuts,
- pittance,
- shoestring
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“Chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chip. Accessed 29 Nov. 2021.
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The first known use of chip was in the 14th century
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