Collections

//kəˈlɛkʃənz// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of collection form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A state being beyond merely past due.

    "We have sent your account to collections."

  3. 3
    A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.

    "Sorry, but you'll have to talk with collections."

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setsolicitationabundanceaccumulationaccumulationagglomerate

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"I afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's Historical Collections."

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