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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When he got back in, the money had all gone.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Ultimately, for the options to all be in the money, Meta would need a market value of at least $9.6 trillion.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Dunlap says he has no interest in the money and believes it should go to real victims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Instead of backing down the bus stairs, I squeezed inside, pulling close to the rail between the people getting off, and dropped my quarter in the money slot.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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