club together

English

Verb

club together (third-person singular simple present clubs together, present participle clubbing together, simple past and past participle clubbed together)

1. (finance) To contribute money jointly with others.

   A sailing vacation does not need to be expensive, if you club together with friends and share a week's rent of a 10-berth yacht.

   If we club together, we will be able to by her the fur coat that she really wants.

2. (by extension) To link up for a particular purpose.
   • 2023 July 12, Jim Steer, “Rail's route to seizing the initiative”, in RAIL, number 987, page 39:

     It was launched in 2014 (note the unfortunate timing), when six northern cities clubbed together to identify a core network of city-city rail links that would support the economic rebirth of the North.

Translations

contribute money jointly with others

• Azerbaijani: atışmaq
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出份子 (zh) (chūfènzi), 湊份子／凑份子 (zh) (còufènzi)

• Czech: skládat se impf, složit se pf
• Finnish: yhdistää voimat
• Polish: zrzucać (pl) impf, zrzucić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: fazer vaquinha
• Russian: скла́дываться (ru) impf (skládyvatʹsja), сложи́ться (ru) pf (složítʹsja), ски́дываться (ru) impf (skídyvatʹsja), ски́нуться (ru) pf (skínutʹsja), устра́ивать скла́дчину impf (ustráivatʹ skládčinu), устро́ить скла́дчину pf (ustróitʹ skládčinu)
• Swedish: sala (sv)