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community chest

Meaning of "community chest" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COMMUNITY CHEST

community chest


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMUNITY CHEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Community chest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMUNITY CHEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of community chest in the English dictionary

The definition of community chest in the dictionary is a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMUNITY CHEST

community action · community antenna distribution · community antenna television · community association · community card · community care · community care programme · community centre · community charge · community college · community correctional center · community council · community education · community health centre · community home · community home with education on the premises · community hospital · community language · community leader · community life

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMUNITY CHEST

barghest · behest · chest · chest-on-chest · farthest · furthest · get something off one´s chest · hest · hope chest · medicine chest · pyx chest · sea chest · slop chest · steam-chest · tea chest · toolchest · toychest · treasure chest · war chest · wind chest

Synonyms and antonyms of community chest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «community chest» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF COMMUNITY CHEST

Find out the translation of community chest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of community chest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «community chest» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

公益金
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

pecho de la comunidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

community chest
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

समुदाय छाती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصدر المجتمع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Общественный фонд
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

peito comunidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সমাজের বুকে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

communauté poitrine
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dada komuniti
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Wohltätigkeitsfonds
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

共同募金
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

지역 사회 가슴
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dodo masyarakat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngực cộng đồng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சமூகம் மார்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

समुदाय छाती
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Satranç Topluluğu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

comunità petto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

społeczność klatki piersiowej
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

громадський фонд
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

piept comunitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινότητα στήθος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gemeenskapskas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gemenskap bröst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

samfunnet brystet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of community chest

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMUNITY CHEST»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of community chest
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «community chest».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about community chest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMUNITY CHEST»

Discover the use of community chest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to community chest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Community Chest: A Case Study in Philanthropy
Sociologists, welfare personnel, and professionals involved in financial development will find in this book an extraordinarv amount of material, both factual and interpretive, suggesting new approaches to the perplexing problems of ...
‎1989
2
The Social Responsibilities Of Business: Company And ...
At a time when company executives were impelled as seldom before to consider new forms of social participation, they found in the emerging community chest movement of the 1920s both ideas and patterns of action which helped to shape  ...
‎1970
3
Everything I Know about Business I Learned from Monopoly: ...
If, landing on COMMUNITY CHEST, you draw the "Pay School Tax" card, you'll have to pony up $150, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. If you land on CHANCE, you may draw a card directing you to "Pay Poor Tax of $15." COMMUNITY CHEST and ...
Alan Axelrod, 2004
4
The Unitarian Register
The objections by Fletcher D. Parker to the Community Chest, as expressed in the June 8 issue of Tiik Christian Register, are so sweeping In their condemnation, erroneous In their conclusions, and superficial in their observation of the facts of ...
5
Bulletin of the Russell Sage Foundation Library
413-20. 1922, Administration problems of community funds; collection, distribution, bookkeeping, by O. W. Davis, p. 402-05. 1924, Community chest movement; an interpretation, by C. M. Bookman, p. 19-28. Norton, W. J. Financial federations.
Russell Sage Foundation. Library, 1921
6
Bulletin
In the case of the Corning community chest, 14 corporations contributed $17,155, or 38.3 per cent of the to£al raised. The extent to which the bulk of corporation support is concentrated in a few contributions is strikingly shown by the data for ...
National Bureau of Economic Research, 1922
7
Christian Register
The objections by Fletcher D. Parker to the Community Chest, as expressed in the June 8 issue of Tm: Cunrsrnuv Rnorsrnn, are so sweeping in their condemnation, erroneous in their conclusions, and superficial in their observation of the facts ...
8
Community Boy Leadership: A Manual for Scout Executives
10) The Community Chest Viewed from the angle of the contributor, the Community Chest has a potent appeal. The name Community Chest, however, should only be used where all the philanthropic and social movements seeking ...
Boy Scouts of America, 1922
9
Fund Raising in the United States: Its Role in America's ...
18 The stage was set for financial federation, the community chest, and the trained fund raiser. The Community Chest Movement Spreads One of the socially significant consequences flowing from the giant fund drives and war chests of World ...
‎1965
10
American Philanthropy
Spurred by the success of the war drives, the community chest movement spread from 40 cities in 1919 to about 350 a decade later. At the outset federated financing had been opposed both by strong agencies which had no difficulty in raising ...
Robert H. Bremner, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMUNITY CHEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term community chest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Businessman's other staff are all the victims
In 1991, he assumed the role of chairperson of the Community Chest. It was a position he held for 11 years, the second-longest serving chair of ... «News24, Jul 15»
2
Stop TB in PMB
The Pietermaritzburg and District Community Chest and the South African Red Cross Society signed a memorandum of understanding to work ... «News24, Jul 15»
3
Kitchen Garden employees
Joseph Bartolo, treasurer of the Malta Community Chest Fund (July 3), was not at the helm in April 2014. Whatever he states, therefore, ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
4
South Africa's jobless ignite creative power with solar kits
Community Chest CEO Lorenzo Davids said a Dutch investor had backed the Ecoboxx as a way of helping Africans access economic ... «The New Age Online, Jul 15»
5
IGA launches price-match guarantee with major supermarkets
"The money Gladstone Region customers spend at their local IGA filters down into the community through IGA Community Chest, a program ... «Gladstone Observer, Jul 15»
6
CTCC's firefighter training trailer debuts
... and for 12 scholarships at BC3 for volunteer firefighters is the result of a countywide effort by the Cranberry Township Community Chest. «The Cranberry Eagle, Jul 15»
7
Scout leader is man behind Community Chest
Mr Ee Peng Liang started the Community Chest and was known as Singapore's Father Of Charity for his leading role in building up the charity ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
8
Cranberry Township Community Days schedule of events
Some proceeds go toward the township's Community Project of the Year, sponsored by the Cranberry Township Community Chest. «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
9
MONOPOLY: 'Game of Thrones' Collector's Edition Game now …
The Chance and Community Chest cards are now 'Valar Morghulis' and 'The Iron Throne' cards. The money features the symbols of Essos and ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
10
More funds for healthcare
Six months ago the Malta Community Chest Fund succeeded, through L-Istrina, in raising €3.65 million. On June 25 on Net TV, President ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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