Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Worthy or suitable for collecting on historical/financial grounds, or for meeting a personal aesthetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Rightfully subject to payment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
That is likely to be paid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An object which someone might want to collect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: collector's item
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: collectable, payable
Antonyms: none provided
noun
things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: collectable
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
Narrower terms: chachka, tsatske, tshatshke, tchotchke
History
Etymology tree English collect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English collectible From collect + -ible.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
