debt collector
noun [C]Definition
› COMMERCE a person or company that collects payments from people who have failed to pay the money they owe: After she became overdrawn, the bank closed her account and threatened her with debt collectors, credit reference agencies and court action to recover the cash. → See also collection agency
(Definition of debt collector noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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