whip-round

noun

A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.

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Meanings

nounwhip-round (plural whip-rounds)

plural whip-rounds · alternative whip-around

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalA quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.

    When the war ended, local businessmen had a whip-round to pay for rebuilding a destroyed airport terminal and the bombed-out shops on Tripoli Street in the city centre.

    2013 October 5, “The can-do city”, in The Economist, page 69
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