chips 1 of 2

noun

plural of chip
as in cash
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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chip
as in slices

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Recent Examples of chips
Noun
Amazon’s growth can be directly linked to its data center chips, with the company disclosing revenue for this part of the business for the first time this year. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2026 Variety snack packs refer to packs of snacks with multiple flavors of chips or cookies. — Parents, 7 Aug. 2026 The tickets were put in a briefcase, and included poker chips and playing cards, both with the team’s logo. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 While vending machines elsewhere now dispense everything from oysters to high-end jewelry, the subway selection thus far could not be more standard — they’re stocked with your usual assortment of chips, candy, cookies, soda, and water. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026 Washington would almost certainly respond by tightening access to advanced chips, compute and cloud infrastructure, while building more sovereign AI capacity of its own. — Will Conaway, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Protein is everywhere Protein is now added to lattes, cereal, chips, ramen, and many other foods that were never traditionally marketed as protein-rich. — ABC News, 31 July 2026 The tech giant reported a record profit for the spring and said demand for its chips continues to outpace supply, but its earnings nevertheless fell shy of analysts’ high expectations. — Stan Choe, Fortune, 31 July 2026 Cameron Young chips onto the eighth green during the first round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Detroit. — CBS News, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chips
  1. cash
  2. slices
  3. money
  4. chops
  5. coin
  6. mashes
  7. bucks
  8. currency
Noun
  • Takaichi said last Thursday that Japan would cut the tax on food to 1% from 8% for two years from April 2027, and offer cash payments to offset the impact of that 1% on select groups.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Red Sox also received catcher Jake Rogers and cash considerations in the deal.
    — David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of cash
Verb
  • Driven by revenge and madness, Sweeney Todd slices necks he is meant to just shave.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
  • Her foot slices down the side of the ball.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Definition of slices
Noun
  • But trying to compete for top talent against clubs across Europe and South America – among other regions – requires having money to spend.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The project has transformed the Burchardi Church, which was left largely in ruins before money was raised for a new roof and other fixes to make the piece a reality.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of money
Verb
  • Consider two investors, one who invests $7,500 at the beginning of the year, and another who chops it up into $288 biweekly investments.
    — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The proposal chops $150 million from the Developmental Disabilities Administration, which battled against the largest budget cut in last year's negotiations.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of chops
Noun
  • Freezing dormant coins, supporters argue, beats letting a future quantum thief drain them and dump them on the market.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • After all, that’s a whole lot of coin even when your valuation is in the trillions.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of coin
Verb
  • Created by Chicago painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn, the image mashes up caricatures of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood into a glorious grotesquerie that channels the colorful glam-trash aesthetics of the band’s late-’70s phase.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
  • The Nike Air Max Joga Bonito R9 mashes up the boot Ronaldo wore for the 1998 World Cup with the Air Max 95.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Definition of mashes
Noun
  • Cost me 11 bucks and was actually six minutes faster than what my Uber was going to take.
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Using deer scent can help pull bucks in front of cams, stop deer for shot opportunities, or maybe encourage a buck to use your trail instead of another 20 or 30 yards away.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bucks
Noun
  • The pushback comes as importers across the continent and other emerging markets turn to digital currencies to pay overseas vendors on the spot amid tight bank supplies of hard currency and costly transfer delays.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The possibility that the nickel could eventually follow the penny also strengthens the case for systems that can accommodate future changes in currency.
    — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of currency

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