in the money
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Also, in the chips . Rich, affluent. For example, When he's in the money, he's extremely generous to his friends , or After that box-office bonanza, she's in the chips . The chips in the variant presumably allude to poker chips. [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]
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Placing first, second or third in a contest on which a bet has been placed, especially a horse race. For example, My luck held today, and I ended up in the money . [c. 1900]
Example Sentences
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Dunlap says he has no interest in the money and believes it should go to real victims.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
The recent rally in Occidental stock has meant that Berkshire’s equity warrants that it got as a bonus as part of the preferred deal in 2019 are back in the money.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
Cutting prices in a crisis doesn’t square with the usual picture of hard-nosed commodities traders, but Abbott says his microbes are still in the money thanks to Pivot Bio’s low production and shipping costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
With a concurrent increase in the money supply, the lower interest rates for corporate borrowers “should be a benefit to the underlying growth fundamentals,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
If he really meant that, and really paid her, that would make a nice dent in the money her family had to pay the magistrate.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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