whip-round

noun

noun

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Informal A 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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