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chit

UK/t͡ʃɪt/ US/ˈtʃɪt/ uncommon dated obsolete slang uk us

noun

1.

the bill in a restaurant

  • “he asked the waiter for the check”
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Origin

From Middle English *chit, *chitte, from Old English ċīþ (“germ, seed, sprout, shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵī-, *ǵey(H)- (“to divide, part, split open, sprout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch kiede (“sprout”), dialectal German Keid (“sprout”). Doublet of chive (etymology 2) and scion.

Phrases

  • beef chit
  • blood chit
  • chit fund
  • clean chit
  • goolie chit

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