I want to share new words I have learned today
🧩call in a chit
When we say calling in a chit, someone is asking for a debt or favor to be repaid.
I am calling in my chit, I lost my job and I need you to help me find another one.
🧩felony
serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison.
a felony charge
He was convicted of a felony.
🧩rehash
reuse (old ideas or material) without significant change or improvement.
His new book is just a rehash of his previous ones
🧩custody
1)the state of being kept in prison, especially while waiting to go to court for trial:
The suspect is now in custody.
2)the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died:
The court awarded/granted/gave custody of the child to the father.
🧩call in a chit
When we say calling in a chit, someone is asking for a debt or favor to be repaid.
I am calling in my chit, I lost my job and I need you to help me find another one.
🧩felony
serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison.
a felony charge
He was convicted of a felony.
🧩rehash
reuse (old ideas or material) without significant change or improvement.
His new book is just a rehash of his previous ones
🧩custody
1)the state of being kept in prison, especially while waiting to go to court for trial:
The suspect is now in custody.
2)the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died:
The court awarded/granted/gave custody of the child to the father.