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whip-round

British  

noun

  1. an impromptu collection of money

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to make such a collection of money

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Putin did not respond to the invitation to attend the upcoming nuptials, but did offer to organise a whip-round.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

"They were really positive, really helpful. We had a whip-round for them because they'd been so brilliant and then they cried."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2019

Lauryn is returning from Los Angeles to vote after her grandmother organised a "whip-round" to raise money for her flights.

From BBC ● May 23, 2018

Whatever, my point stands: in the whip-round for buying the Rock, Virgin was not the major contributor.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2013

Mead and myself, however, quarrelled over the amount which I subscribed to the whip-round.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Edmund Blunden

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