whip-round

whip-round Informal chiefly Brit

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) an impromptu collection of money

vb whip round

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (intr, adverb) to make such a collection of money

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Noun

whip-round - (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose

ingathering, solicitation, collection, appeal - request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

whip-round [ˈwɪpraʊnd] N → colecta f
to have a whip-round (for sb) → hacer una colecta(para algn)

whip-round

n (esp Brit inf) to have a whip-round → den Hut herumgehen lassen

whip-round [ˈwɪpˌraʊnd] n (Brit) (fam) → colletta
to have a whip-round for sb → fare una colletta per qn

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Byline: LEE RYDER TOON tycoon Mike Ashley caved into player power at St James's Park after furious United stars threatened to have a whip-round in order to pay for a private flight to Dundee.

Player power sways Ashley by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

Pam Wild, 50, a call handler for Greater Manchester Police, said: "I just couldn't bear the thought of the children waking up on Christmas morning with no presents, so me and some of the girls had a whip-round and got them some gifts.

Last-minute presents for home alone girls by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Byline: By AINE HEGARTY Political Editor THE Taoiseach's infamous whip-round to help him pay for his marriage separation took place in a pub, it was claimed yesterday.

BERTIE & HIS BOOZING BUDDIES; MAHON TRIBUNAL Inquiry told dig-out ... by The Mirror (London, England)

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