community chest
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- noun
- /kəˈmjunɪti tʃɛst/
- US
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fondo comunitario
- Throughout the 1930s, opponents in the South repeatedly painted it as a communist front to discourage donors and later to remove the organization as a recipient of Community Chest funds.
Examples
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Most of you have probably started with a $500 bill on this spot, and you've used the community chest money to add to it; however, that's not in the rules.
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But I told him straight... ...I'm handling the community chest again this year and...
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Well, that's not exactly earning it, but, uh, we'll give it to the community chest.
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Contributions to support the church or the community chest are expected, not on the basis of benefits which individual members receive from the organization, but upon the basis of their ability to contribute.
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The city organized a fundraiser to support the local community chest, ensuring that families in need received assistance.
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Many residents contribute each month to the community chest to help fund local charities and social services.
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The non-profit relies heavily on donations to keep the community chest operational and to provide aid to those in distress.
Synonyms
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An organization like a food bank that gives money or help to people in need
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Morphology
The compound combines 'community' (a group of people) with 'chest' (a container), yielding a communal repository — a fund or box of resources for the community. The metaphor of a 'chest' as holding money or resources is common and the noun+noun composition is regular, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer this meaning.
Etymology
Community chest comes from the old practice of keeping money for local needs in a shared wooden chest where neighbours put donations. So today community chest means a local fund supported by people's gifts to 'help' others and pay for community services.