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CHIP IN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Contribute to some cause

Example:

I gave at the office

Synonyms:

chip in; contribute; give; kick in

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "chip in" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chip in"):

combine (add together from different sources)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

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