See Also:

collection (oh) and PBS (oh)


collection (oh)



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1 ?set/group?
2 ?money?
3 ?rent/debts/taxes?
4 ?bringing together?
5 ?taking something away?
6 ?Fashion?
7 ?books/Music?
8 ?people?
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?SET/GROUP?
[C] a) a set of similar things that are kept or brought together because they are attractive or interesting
-see also collect collect, collector collector
::a stamp collection
::my record collection
collection of
::a collection of Japanese vases
b) a group of objects together in the same place
::a collection of empty Wine bottles on the back porch
?MONEY?
[C] the act of asking people to give you money for an organization that helps people, or during a church service, or the money collected in this way
-see also collect collect collection for
::Every Christmas we have a collection for a local charity.
::We'll be taking up a collection at the end of tonight's service.
?RENT/DEBTS/TAXES?
[U] the act of obtaining money that is owed to you
-see also collect collect, collector collector
::a Debt collection agency
?BRINGING TOGETHER?
[U] the act of bringing together things of the same type from different places to form a group
-see also collect collect
::a computerized data collection system
?TAKING SOMETHING AWAY?
[U and C] the act of taking something from a place
-see also collect collect
::Garbage collections are made every Tuesday morning.
::Please collect your purchases from the customer collection point .
?Fashion?
[C] the clothes designed by a Fashion company for a particular season
::Donna Karen's new spring collection
?BOOKS/Music?
[C] several stories, poems, pieces of Music etc that are in one book or on one record
collection of
::a new collection of Frost's poetry
?PEOPLE?
[C usually singular] a group of people, especially people you think are strange or unusual in some way
collection of
::There was an interesting collection of people at the wedding.

PBS (oh)



Public Broadcasting System a US Television company whose aim is to show good-quality programmes and not to make profits. It broadcasts no advertisements, but its programmes are paid for partly by the people who watch them and partly by money from the government and from large companies. Two programmes for which PBS is famous are Sesame Street and Masterpiece Theater.