a whip-round



a whip-round

  (British & Australian informal)
a collection of money among a group of people that is used to buy a present for someone We had a whip-round for Annie's leaving present.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Paulinepo-LEEN (French), paw-LEEN (English), pow-LEE-nə (German)French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Filipafee-LEE-pah (Polish)Portuguese, Serbian, Croatian, Polish
CaraKAHR-ə, KER-əEnglish
Sylvanus-English (Archaic)
Margalit-Hebrew
İLyas-Turkish