community chest
community chest · community chests
A philanthropic fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or…A philanthropic fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.
» He worked for weeks on behalf of the community chest.
Meaning
1 sensesA philanthropic fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.
More definitions
- a charity supported by individual subscriptions; defrays the demands on a community for social welfare
Examples
1 sentencesHe worked for weeks on behalf of the community chest.
Forms
plural: community chests| Singular | community chest |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmutual insurance