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collection agency

 
 
noun [C] (also commercial collection agency)

Definition

FINANCE a business that collects money that is owed to other companies for them: send sth to/turn sth over to a collection agency Don't wait until your bill has been turned over to a collection agency.
(Definition of collection agency noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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