| 单词 | chit |
| 释义 | chit (once / 8318 pages) 1n 2n A chit is a tab or an IOU, a record of money owed. Your neighborhood deli might give you a chit the end of each week, letting you know how much you owe for your daily bagels. A waiter at a restaurant often keeps a chit, adding up each item your group orders throughout the evening. There is also the kind of chit you keep when you're on an expense account, with your employer paying for hotels and meals — at the end of a business trip, you might turn in your chit so your boss knows exactly what the company's money was spent on. The root of chit is the Hindi word chitthi, "letter or note." WORD FAMILYchit: chits USAGE EXAMPLESHe started a chit fund business in the 1990s and although the company failed, he managed to win plum iron ore mining contracts. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) Excessive chit chat between the checker and customer that is obviously slowing down the check out with a long line of waiting customers? New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) “We could not negotiate peacefully because people were angry, so we called the police to control the situation,” Chit San said. Washington Times(Oct 06, 2016) 1 n the bill in a restaurant 2Syn|Hyper check, tab account, bill, invoice an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered n a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class she's a saucy chit Hyper fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman a young woman |
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