christmas club

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Definition of christmas club in English English dictionary

A type of savings scheme in which a person pays in money through the course of a year and gets back a total at around Christmas time ready to buy gifts or treats for Christmas. Such schemes have been run by banks and retailers and generally only involve fairly small amounts of money

A savings account, as in a bank, requiring periodic deposits to ensure money for shopping at Christmas

Related Terms

Christmas clubs

plural form of Christmas club

Hyphenation

Christ·mas club

Turkish pronunciation

krîsmıs klʌb

Pronunciation

/ˈkrəsməs ˈkləb/ /ˈkrɪsməs ˈklʌb/

Etymology

() *Christmas + club