chip in

verb

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

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

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]

Example Sentences

And if they refuse, I have bought the last package of overpriced tortilla chips in their store forever.

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Tech executives have said they have enough chips in the U.S. and power is the AI industry’s main bottleneck.

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Real Madrid superstar Mbappe then chipped in from the spot to open the scoring early in the second half after Olise had been fouled inside the area.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently signaled that the U.S. could allow some exports in one to two years—as long as the chips in question were generations behind Nvidia’s best.

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Officials were convinced that AI developers needed further support after the Biden administration tightened export controls on advanced chips in late 2023.

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