1
: a short letter or note
especially
: a signed voucher of a small debt (as for food)
2
: a small slip of paper with writing on it
Examples of chit in a Sentence
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Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Advertisement The Securities and Exchanges Board of India is still probing Hindenburg’s allegations, but the market seems to have taken the apex court’s recent observation as a clean chit to Adani.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 25 May 2023
In 2018, the Central Bureau of Investigation gave him a clean chit in the matter.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 12 July 2021
Noun
What came of it is The Art of Small Talk, an eight-hour audiobook from Malcom Gladwell’s Pushkin Industries, that expands on the original premise — with scientific research, expert interviews, celebrity guest spots and, of course, chit chat.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Advertisement The Securities and Exchanges Board of India is still probing Hindenburg’s allegations, but the market seems to have taken the apex court’s recent observation as a clean chit to Adani.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 25 May 2023
In 2018, the Central Bureau of Investigation gave him a clean chit in the matter.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 12 July 2021
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“Chit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chit. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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