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
Maija	MIE-yah	Finnish
Ethne	-	Irish
Marisol	mahr-ee-SOL	Spanish
Ionathan	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Anamaria	-	Romanian
Aseem	-	Indian, Hindi