plural of collector

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection. / A person who is employed to collect payments. / A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses

plural of collectorate

The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.

Any system designed to collect solar radiation for producing thermal energy, which may be used for space heating or for electricity generation.

(Canada) In a multi-lane controlled-access highway or expressway system, a lane which is physically separated from the (core) lane(s) closest to the median and which is intended for vehicles traveling relatively shorter distances, so that these vehicles may enter and exit the highway system without unduly interrupting the flow of traffic.

(slang) One who collects the money ("juice") owed to a bookmaker or a loan shark.

plural of garbage collector

A release of a product that has additional features or items in it than the regular retail version. In the case of a DVD, this could be behind the scene comments; or a music CD could contain the song text in a special booklet.

(US, Canada) A worker who removes refuse. / (programming) An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which are no longer in use.