"community chest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: community chests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} community chest (plural community chests)
  1. A fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations. Wikipedia link: community chest Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-community_chest-en-noun-ZhYrDGL4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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