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collections

/kəˈlɛkʃənz/ noun A2
  1. A state being beyond merely past due. · We have sent your account to collections.
  2. 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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An Academician would say that the entertainments of the fashionable world are collections of flowers which attract inconstant butterflies, famished bees, and buzzing drones.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 967 · C1
Furthermore, this format engendered a burgeoning culture of personal libraries, as ordinary citizens could suddenly afford to accumulate expansive collections of literary treasures.
The Paperback Revolution, p. 1 · C2

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