as in cash
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery
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As an bonus, this would save the cash taking unnecessary detours to the federal government to pay bureaucrats, some of whom Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) suspects to be curiously well-off indeed.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
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The company terminated its $5 million revolving line of credit in January 2024 and expects its cash and cash equivalents to be sufficient to fund operations through 2025.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Mar. 2025
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Well, apparently the Kentucky distillery is continuing its altruistic streak, because starting today nonprofit organizations can apply to the 100 Bourbon Sets for 100 Charities initiative to receive some of its most valuable bottles to auction off to raise money for a series of good causes.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
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But MicroStrategy, the company that’s now known as Strategy and has been raising money to buy bitcoin, slid to a loss of 1.8%.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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Now, the coins divide perfectly, but still one coin remains.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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At the end of an X video on the death of his colleague, Jones also tries to sell coins and supplements which are on his website.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Monday's announcement is the latest push to honor Tubman on the currency and remove Jackson, the country's seventh president and a slaveholder.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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Which means bitcoin isn’t at all like gold, a metal that rises when the currencies in which it’s priced are falling, and falls in the currencies in which it’s priced are rising.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Chips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chips. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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