Lexic.us

Definition of Collectable

1. Adjective. Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified. "A check payable to John Doe"

2. Noun. Things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique).

Definition of Collectable

1. Adjective. Suitable for collecting. ¹

2. Noun. Anything that someone might want to collect. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collectable

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collectable

collauds colleages colleague colleagued colleagues colleagueship colleagueships colleaguing collect collect call

collect dust collect one's thoughts collect one's wits collect up collectability collectable (current term) collectables collectanea collected collectedly

collectedness collectednesses collecter collecters collectibility collectible collectibles collectin collecting collecting societies

Literary usage of Collectable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Improving Recycling Markets by Oecd, OECD. (2006)
"Calculating collection rates on the basis of potentially collectable oil ... Since the calculation of "collectable" is necessarily fraught with difficulties ..."

2. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... a thing with very much difficulty (such the frequencies of the exchange) collectable out of the several fines paid at their alienation; but having tired ..."

3. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"to collect such dues as were collectable. Nicholas III filled these offices with his relatives among ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law and Procedure of Receivers: With Forms; Being a by Henry Gabriel Tardy, John Wilson Smith (1920)
"... ascertained by reference to statute, collectable by fee bill, and recoverable under an ordinary judgment for costs against a losing party. ..."

5. The Republican Campaign Textbook by Republican National Committee (U.S.), Republican Congressional Committee (1880)
"... Stores and Bonded Warehouses—Tax ; collectable on quantity With- j drawn Ï —The Government Defrauded of Millions of Dollars annually ! ..."

6. The Republican Campaign Text Book for 1880 by Republican Congressional Committee (1880)
"... in I »»so Tin- Carlisle Kill A Big Whiskey " Steal "—Withdrawal of Whiskey from Stores and Bonded Warehouses—Tax collectable on quantity Withdrawn ! ..."

7. American Mine Accounting: Methods and Forms Employed by Leading Mining Companies by William Hurst Charlton (1912)
"Ledger Bills collectable.—This ledger is subsidiary to the General Ledger, account of Individuals and Companies, Bills collectable, carrying the detailed ..."

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