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debt collection

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: perintä — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • French: encaissement — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • French: recouvrement — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • German: Inkasso — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • German: Eintreiben — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Hungarian: inkasszó — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Hungarian: behajtás — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Indonesian: inkaso — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Irish: bailiú fiach — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Italian: incasso — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Italian: recupero crediti — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Norwegian: inkasso — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Polish: inkaso — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Polish: windykacja — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Portuguese: cobrança — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Portuguese: recebimento — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Russian: инкасса́ция (inkassácija) — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Russian: взыска́ние до́лга (vzyskánije dólga) — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Russian: инка́ссо (inkásso) — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Russian: виндикация (vindikacija) — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Spanish: cobro de deudas — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Spanish: cobranza de débitos — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Swedish: indrivning — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Swedish: inkasso — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Ukrainian: інкаса́ція (inkasácija) — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Ukrainian: інка́со (inkáso) — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses
  • Ukrainian: віндика́ція (vindykácija) — the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses