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community chest

community chest noun: a philanthropic fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.

Noun

community chest (plural community chests)

  1. A philanthropic fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.

Forms of community chest

pluralcommunity chests

Questions about community chest

What does community chest mean?
Community chest means a philanthropic fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.
What part of speech is community chest?
Community chest is a noun.
What is the plural of community chest?
The plural of community chest is community chests.

Words near community chest in the dictionary

  1. community cats
  2. community center
  3. community centers
  4. community centre
  5. community centres
  6. community chest
  7. community chests
  8. community college
  9. community colleges
  10. community council
  11. community development

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