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1. Presentment of checks, drafts, and other negotiable instruments to the point of origin, and receiving payment from the paying bank. The term covers Cash Items such as checks and drafts, and also noncash items, including acceptances, bonds, and notes, which are referred to as Collection Items. Cash items receive immediate credit collection items are credited to the owner's account only when paid.

2. Handling of past-due accounts by specialists, who attempt to get a promise to pay from the delinquent borrower and ultimately recover all or part of the debt. See also Skip Trace.

noun

1. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit: array, band, batch, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch, group, knot, lot, party, set. See group.
2. A quantity accumulated: accumulation, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, congeries, cumulation, gathering, mass. See collect/distribute.

See intelligence cycle, Subpart b.

IN BRIEF: The result of gathering or amassing.

Heidi had a great collection of baseball cards.

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For a list of words related to collection, see:

• Fashion, Trim, and Sewing - collection: clothes produced by one designer, usu. for seasonal line
• Banking and Financial Services - collection: recovery of loans in default of regular payments; department or agency responsible for this
• Income Tax - collection: formal process of requiring payment of overdue tax to revenue service

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indsamling, samling, bunke, opkrævning, tømning, afhentning, eksamen ved semesterafslutning

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzameling, collectie, verzamelbundel, collecte, inzameling, buslichting, ophoping, inning

Français (French)
n. - collection, recueil, rassemblement, ramassage, recouvrement, perception (des impôts), encaissement, levée (des lettres), amas, assemblage, assemblée, quête, collecte

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sammlung, Kollektion, Kassierung, Einkassierung, Abholung, Leerung des Briefkastens

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συλλογή, είσπραξη, παραλαβή, έρανος, συνάθροιση, συγκέντρωση, σόδιασμα, κολεξιόν, συλλογή παρουσιαζόμενων δημιουργιών σχεδιαστή (γυναικείων) ενδυμάτων

Italiano (Italian)
collezione, riscossione, raccolta, colletta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - coleção (f), compilação (f), acúmulo (m), cobrança (f)

Русский (Russian)
коллекция, собрание, пожертвования

Español (Spanish)
n. - acumulación, montón, cobranza, cobro, recaudación, colección, compilación, colecta, cuestación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samlande, insamling, kollekt, inkassering, samling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
收藏, 搜集品, 征收

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 收藏, 搜集品, 徵收

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수집 , 수집물, 기부금, 수금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 収集, 採集, 収集物, 集合, 徴収, 集金, 寄付金, 献金, 堆積

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجموعه, تجمع, العطاء في كنيسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גבייה, אוסף, מילקט, ערימה‬

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