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
Timur	tee-MOOR (Russian)	History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian
Odeta	-	Lithuanian
Maikel	-	Dutch
Macy	MAY-see	English
Ezra	EZ-rə (English)	Biblical, English, Hebrew
DagnÝ	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic