"debt collection" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: debt collections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} debt collection (plural debt collections)
  1. (law) The process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses. Wikipedia link: debt collection Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: cashing, collection, collection procedure, debt enforcement, encashment, money collection, money squeezing Related terms: claims management, collection agency Translations (the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses): perintä (Finnish), encaissement [masculine] (French), recouvrement [masculine] (French), Inkasso [neuter] (German), Eintreiben [neuter] (German), inkasszó (Hungarian), behajtás (Hungarian), bailiú fiach (Irish), incasso [masculine] (Italian), recupero crediti [masculine] (Italian), inkasso [masculine] (Norwegian), inkaso [neuter] (Polish), windykacja [feminine] (Polish), cobrança [feminine] (Portuguese), recebimento [masculine] (Portuguese), инкасса́ция (inkassácija) [feminine] (Russian), взыска́ние до́лга (vzyskánije dólga) [neuter, plural] (Russian), инка́ссо (inkásso) [neuter] (Russian), виндикация (vindikacija) [feminine] (Russian), cobro [masculine] (Spanish), cobranza [feminine] (Spanish), indrivning [common-gender] (Swedish), inkasso [neuter] (Swedish), інкаса́ція (inkasácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), інка́со (inkáso) (Ukrainian), віндика́ція (vindykácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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