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WHIP-ROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whip-round mean? 

WHIP-ROUND (noun)
  The noun WHIP-ROUND has 1 sense:

1. (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purposeplay

  Familiarity information: WHIP-ROUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHIP-ROUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("whip-round" is a kind of...):

appeal; collection; ingathering; solicitation (request for a sum of money)

Domain region:

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)


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