Chit: (Hindi – Chitti). A letter. Note: Official Form. Voucher, etc. "Chit" as an adopted word, dates back to the old East India Company times, and is over 150 years old,[1] being originally for Club and Mess vouchers. It early became a Service word for correspondence, official and other, and is fully established nowadays. At the front in the War, everything written was colloquially a "chit," from private letters to official correspondence. [2]
References / notes
- ↑ The East India Company was founded 31 December 1600 and was closed in 1 June 1874, having operated for 274 years. At the time Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases was published in 1925, the word "Chit" would have been used for a minimum of 151 years, but this likely to be much longer. The word is still in use today.
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.54.
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