chips 1 of 2

noun

Definition of chipsnext
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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  1. cash
  2. money
  3. coin
  4. currency
Noun
  • There is also cash, lots and lots of cash (a man is seen counting money, another scene shows a person vacuuming up money off the floor, yet another shows two people physically fighting as money is thrown about nearby).
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Per News Corp’s announcement, shareholder loans in the amount of A$578 million outstanding and owing to News Corp will be repaid in full in cash at closing.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of cash
Noun
  • The money will come from the state's $2.3 billion surplus.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024
  • That money likely belonged to the town’s wealthy mayor, who was known to keep coins stashed around his property.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of money
Noun
  • The sales of the Hawk Tuah coins also illustrate the power the internet has to lift people from obscurity to international stardom.
    Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • People who own Bitcoin and other forms of digital coins are not refunded when a crypto exchange collapses in the same way depositors are at banks.
    Christopher White, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of coin
Noun
  • Meanwhile the naira currency languishes at record lows against the dollar.
    Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The Trump administration can foster adoption of crypto with regulatory clarity of the digital currencies.
    Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of currency
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