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sou-sou

sou-sou [ s s ] (plural sou-sous) or su·su [ s s ] (plural susus)


noun 
Definition:
 
Caribbean informal savings plan: an arrangement for saving money whereby participants pay a sum each month for a fixed period of time and take turns borrowing the total amount accumulated

[Early 20th C. < Yoruba eesu or esusu "fund where several people pool their money, each paying a fixed sum and each drawing out the total in rotation," probably influenced by French sou "coin"]
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