Definition of "whip-round" [whip-round]

• A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose. (noun)

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• "They have been discussing a "reverse whip-round", where they take money from him, but nobody really thinks the idea will take off."
• "The emotional denouement is not her meeting her future husband, but having a whip-round of her friends in New York to buy a house for a Balinese woman and her daughter."
• "Third we must support the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund with greater backstop reserves to provide immediate help without waiting for the usual whip-round of nations."