chalk up

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Definitions of chalk up words

phrasal verb chalk up If you chalk up a success, a victory, or a number of points in a game, you achieve it. 3
verb chalk up to score or register (something) 3
verb chalk up to credit (money) to an account, etc, (esp in the phrase chalk it up) 3
noun chalk up to score, get, or achieve 3
noun chalk up to charge or credit 3
noun chalk up a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers. 1

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English chalke, Old English cealc < Latin calc- (stem of calx) lime

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
credit — If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.