单词 | stokvel |
释义 | stokvel/ˈstɒkfɛl /noun 1(In South Africa) a savings or investment society to which members regularly contribute an agreed amount and from which they receive a lump sum payment.The Democratic Alliance urged the PIC to use ideas it had submitted to create a share distribution mechanism targeting stokvels and burial societies representing 2,5 million and eight million South Africans respectively....
1.1(In South Africa) a society formed to hold regular parties that are funded by the members and generate profits for the hosts.Among adults, stokvels (voluntary or common-interest associations) provide financial assistance, friendship, and recreation....
1.2A party held by a stokvel.The wife attends a ‘kitchen party’ - a stokvel - with a group of neighbourhood women....
OriginFrom an Africanized pronunciation of stock-fair, denoting a periodical gathering of buyers and sellers of livestock. |
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