whip-round

English

Alternative forms

• whip-around

Noun

whip-round (plural whip-rounds)

1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.
   • 2013 October 5, “The can-do city”, in The Economist, page 69:

     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.

See also

• pass the hat