whip-round
Britishnoun
verb
Example Sentences
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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
Welsh fans at the Hawk and Buckle pub, in Llannefydd near Denbigh, also showed their support by having a whip-round to raise money for the Ukrainian people.
From BBC
"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
On the day the BBC visited, a class whip-round had raised £10 for a couple whose electricity meter had run out.
From BBC
Then there could be a whip-round among big backers to replace some of the shareholders who wish to sell at the proposed $420-a-share buy-out price.
From The Guardian
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