chip in

British  

verb

1. to contribute (money, time, etc) to a cause or fund

2. (intr) to interpose a remark or interrupt with a remark

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chip in Idioms  

1. Contribute money, help, or advice, as in If we all chip in we'll have enough to buy a suitable gift , or Everyone chipped in with ideas for the baby shower . Mark Twain used this term in Roughing It (1872): “I'll be there and chip in and help, too.” [Mid-1800s]

2. In poker and other games, to put up chips or money as one's bet. For example, I'll chip in another hundred but that's my limit or, as Bret Harte put it in Gabriel Conroy (1876): “You've jest cut up thet rough with my higher emotions, there ain't enough left to chip in on a ten-cent ante.” [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

Other major Arm customers include tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Google which design Arm-based chips in house for their own data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said the company has “other categories of chips in the works,” such as those for autonomous vehicles and robotics.

From MarketWatch

And maybe Ohtani can chip in a couple hundred bucks — like former Dodger Mike Piazza did decades ago — for each home run.

From Los Angeles Times

The company can deploy new chips in an average of 2½ months.

From Barron's

Behind the scenes, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, or TSMC, was already in talks with newly nominated commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, about making more chips in America.

From The Wall Street Journal