An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively / The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.

plural of collectivist

plural of kettle fur collector

In a collected manner; calmly.

A small, coiled, stainless steel wire placed in a kettle to attract limescale that would otherwise build up on the heating element.

To organize a farm or industrial enterprise on the basis of collective control

The act of collectivizing / (especially in communist states) The process of abolishing privately-owned farmland organizing all its workers into large, publicly-owned collectives.

plural of tax collector

One who has the responsibility for collecting taxes.

plural of collectivization