An accumulation of any substance.

(1) An implementation of an abstract data type for storing elements. (2) An abstract class without any ordering, element properties, or key properties. In the Collection Class Library, all abstract classes are derived from the class called Collection.

The body of documentary materials created by linguists and native speakers, that will be deposited in an archive. For more information see the E-MELD pages on Creating Collections and Archives.

The body of acquired objects held in title by the collecting organisation; or the accumulated items held by a collector.

A collection is a construct within an ASP script that holds a number of objects. The number of objects in a collection might be as few as zero. There are no upper limits. In most circumstances a collection might hold objects of only one type. For example, an object representing a set of database results might contain a Fields collection that contains numerous Field objects.

A group of matchcovers, which have been put into a recognizable order or arrangement.

A group of objects, with or without any particular relationships other than belonging to a named group.

A generic term for a group of objects. Typically these are further classified as: sets (no duplicates), bags (duplicates), and sequences (duplicates, ordered). Any collection object should at minimum support the following operations: size return the number of elements in the collection; for bag or sequence duplicates are counted as separate items. iteration loop over the items in the collection visiting each item once; for a sequence the ordering is significant.

Steps taken by a lender to bring a person's payments back up to date.

The process a lender takes to pursue a borrower who is delinquent on his payments in order to bring the mortgage current again. Includes documentation that may be used in foreclosure.

A loan will go to "collection" when a borrower falls behind on payments. This is an attempt to make a delinquent mortgage current.

Steps a lender takes to bring a delinquent mortgage up to date or to begin the foreclosure process.

A draft drawn on the buyer, usually accompanied by documents, with complete instructions concerning processing for payment or acceptance.

This is where a seller sends documents relating to a shipment through his or her bank to the buyer's bank asking that they are released when a payment is made or a bill of exchange is accepted.

Collection is a set of documents created by your Athena Administrator and made available for searching in the Athena system. The query you enter is evaluated against the collections you select. If documents in the collection meet the information need expressed by your query, a Search Results Page with a Search Results List is displayed. In reality, a collection could be a combination of many different sources, such as many Web sites, Word documents, and/or databases. See Guided Tour and Understanding Collections.

To make a set of documents available for searching in Verity, you must first create at least one collection. A collection is set of directories and files that allow search application users to use the Verity search engine to quickly find and display source documents that match search criteria. A collection is a set of statistics and pointers to the source documents, stored in a proprietary format on a file server. Because a collection can only store information for a single location, PeopleSoft maintains a set of collections (one per language code) for each search index object.

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.

A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.

The process of gathering electronics equipment.

Generically, this means a group of metadata records that are organized around a theme, organization or some criteria that can be articulated. There are several different collection types within DLESE: ADN (for learning resources), annotation, news and opportunities. There are also several specific collections searchable in DLESE like the DLESE Community Collection and the DLESE Reviewed Collection.

An entity that provides and maintains access to a set of digital learning resources organized around some theme. The term collection can refer to an organization or to a set of resources. Collections usually provide additional services to their users, e.g. search, discovery, cataloging, validation or reviews. The objects in a collection are often metadata records referencing digital learning resources, but some collections maintain some or all of their resources on their own servers.

a grouping of library resources, often organized by use, physical location, or resource type. Common collections include reference, reserve, and special collections.

A group of books or other materials, or all the materials in the resource centre.

Once a plucker has filled a basket or sack with tea leaf, it is taken to a collection point where it is checked and weighed before being taken to the factory

The feeCharged in a game; usually taken out of the pot or directly from each player.

A fee charged to play a poker game (taken either out of the pot or from each player).

A poker game's fee

The group of digital images you have uploaded and stored in a photo album on Shutterfly.

Collection is a compilation album by The Stranglers.

Collection (2001) is a greatest hits album by Tracy Chapman. The tracks include her two U.S. Top Tens, "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason."

Collection is a 2002 compilation album from Swedish "dansband" Arvingarna.

A process of collecting monies owed.

The process of receiving amounts owed to the federal government. Collections are transactions in which ITA receives money for products or services it provides.

the process of receiving amounts owed to the Government, such as payment on a debt.

This word can have a couple of meanings in Finance world. First of all it can mean presenting a check or some other type of negotiable instrument like a money order to a place at which it is payable such as a bank. Collection could also mean turning your accounts receivable to cash thus collecting on outstanding money owed to you or your company.

That which is obtained in payment of demands.

Obtain payment or liquidation of a debt or claim, either by personal solicitation or legal proceedings.

presenting a negotiable instrument for payment

The presentation for payment of an obligation and the payment thereof.

Attempted recovery of a past-due credit obligation by a collection department or agency.

Account Refers to the status of an account owed to a creditor when it has been transferred from a routine debt to a Collection Department of the creditor's firm or to a separate professional debt collecting firm.

An account in default for which the creditor attempts to receive payment.

A creditor's attempt to recover a past-due payment by turning the account over to a collection department or company. Having a debt in collection is a serious negative item on a credit report.