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collector

[ kuh-lek-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that collects.
  2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
  3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., especially as a hobby.
  4. Electricity. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors.
  5. Electronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
  6. Metallurgy. promoter ( def 5 ).
  7. Energy. solar collector.


collector

/ kəˈlɛktə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that collects
  2. a person employed to collect debts, rents, etc
  3. the head of a district administration in India
  4. a person who collects or amasses objects as a hobby
  5. electronics the region in a transistor into which charge carriers flow from the base


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Derived Forms

  • colˈlectorˌship, noun

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Other Words From

  • col·lector·ship col·lector·ate noun
  • precol·lector noun
  • subcol·lector noun
  • subcol·lector·ship noun
  • under·col·lector noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collector1

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin colleg- (variant stem of colligere; collect 1 ) + -tor -tor

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Example Sentences

It’s also supporting the repair of a sewage pipe and collector that collapsed in 2017, causing millions of gallons of untreated sewage to spill into San Diego.

Still, our analysis found that Oportun has filed so many lawsuits in the state that it would remain among the most litigious debt collectors even if it filed 60% fewer debt claims.

That number of filings makes Oportun the most litigious personal loan company in Texas and one of the most litigious debt collectors in the state overall this year.

GDPR places the burden of proof on data collectors, such as companies, to demonstrate why they need the data.

To figure out how much the blocks had worn down, the researchers compared them to versions of the same blocks that collectors had held since the 1970s.

He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.

He was an on-and-off drug addict and sometimes a criminal; he was a collector of switchblades and vintage Disney T-shirts.

We want to be the global auction house for the new collector at lower price points and create a more liquid market.

Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.

Paddle8 already has a “sticky collector base who are addicted to the site,” he says.

A native brought news that a collector and his wife were hiding in a swamp near the road.

To assist the amateur and collector in this pursuit is the object of the present little work.

In the end, the Company's tea was seized by the Collector and stored in the vaults under the Exchange.

Some of the seed was sent to the collector of Kaira, who forwarded a sample of the tobacco grown from it.

"You are the first stranger as has been here since the tax collector last month," she said, beginning to clear away the mystery.

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