chit
noun
[ tʃɪt ]
• a short official note, typically recording a sum owed.
• "write out a chit for whatever you take from the drinks cupboard"
Origin:
late 18th century: Anglo-Indian, from Hindi ciṭṭhī ‘note, pass’.
chit
noun
• an impudent or arrogant young woman.
• "she is a mere chit of a girl"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a whelp, cub, or kitten): perhaps related to dialect chit ‘sprout’.
chit
verb
• cause (a potato) to sprout by placing it in a cool light place.
Origin:
early 17th century: from dialect chit ‘a shoot, sprout’.
