ETYM Late Lat. collector one who collects: cf. French collecteur.
1. A person who collects things (e.g. stamps) as a hobby.
2. A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes); SYN. gatherer, accumulator.
3. The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the inter-electrode region.
4. A crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth.
1. Celui qui perçoit (des sommes).
2. Nom commun mais non officiel de celui qui est chargé de percevoir les impôts et autres taxes.