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debt collection

 
 
noun [U]

Definition

COMMERCE the job of collecting payments from people who have failed to pay the money they owe for goods, services, etc. that they have already received: We specialize in debt collection and related credit management services. a debt collection agency/service
(Definition of debt collection noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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