different between collections vs blazer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?k??nz/
• Hyphenation: col?lec?tions

Noun

collections

1. plural of collection
2. (accounting, of an account) A state being beyond merely past due.

   We have sent your account to collections.

3. (accounting) A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.

   Sorry, but you'll have to talk with collections.

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?k.sj??/
• Rhymes: -sj??
• Homophone: collection
• Hyphenation: co?llec?tions

Noun

collections f

1. plural of collection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?k.tj??/
• Rhymes: -tj??
• Hyphenation: co?llec?tions

Verb

collections

1. first-person plural imperfect indicative of collecter
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of collecter

English

Etymology

From blaze +? -er. Originates from the 'blazing' scarlet jackets worn by members of Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club associated with St. John's College, Cambridge. Compare Old English blæsere, blasere (“burner, incendiary”, literally “blazer”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ble?z?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ble?z?/
• Rhymes: -e?z?(?)

Noun

blazer (plural blazers)

1. A semi-formal jacket.
2. A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
3. Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
4. The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.
5. (slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
6. (archaic) One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.
7. (slang, Britain) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
8. A con or swindle.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

     "What'd I tell you?" said Bill. "The old wolverine was tryin' to run a blazer on us. All he needed was to be showed we meant business. And he can't make no trouble for us when he gets out, 'cause our two words are better'n his."

Translations

See also

• trailblazer

Anagrams

• Balzer, Brazel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla.zœ?/

Noun

blazer m (plural blazers)

1. blazer (jacket)

Portuguese

Noun

blazer m (plural blazers)

1. Alternative spelling of blêizer

Romanian

Etymology

From English blazer.

Noun

blazer n (plural blazere)

1. blazer

Declension

Spanish

Noun

blazer m (plural blazeres)

1. blazer