Talk:Chitty (disambiguation)

Archaic business term
I wonder if someone can help me. For many years I have especially known an elderly English businessman who uses "chitty" to refer to various pieces of paper, often invoices, contracts, and other such things. "Send me the chitty [contract]" and "I've got a signed chitty [order]" are the sorts of things he'd say. I used to think it was just he who used the word but over the last decade have heard several older businessmen especially use the term in a similar context. I've found various entries on dictionaries which describe it as things like "A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like" and "A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club." but these references all seem to be archaic terms found in dictionaries without many other sources. Am I the only person to have heard the older generations use this word for generic business papers, I can't seem to find any sources to it for citations other than dictionaries!? Thanks if anyone knows a source or can help shed some light 87.112.173.61 (talk) 08:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)