whip-round

A monetary collection used to buy a gift for someone. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The office had a whip-round for Ellen's retirement party.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Calypso	kə-LIP-so (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Durdona	-	Uzbek
Yu	-	Chinese
Root	[ru:t]
Tesni	-	Welsh
Claude	KLOD (French), KLAWD (English)	French, English