private collector

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateandcollector

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private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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collector
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈlek.tər/us
/kəˈlek.tɚ/
someone who collects objects because they are beautiful, valuable, ...
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(Definition ofprivateandcollectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivate collector

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We are in danger of losing theprivatecollectoraltogether and of making it impossible to build up new collections for the future.
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On the other hand, aprivatecollectorcan indulge his fancy and make quick.
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I see no harm in a picture from a public collection going to aprivatecollectorin this country.
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I take the position of theprivatecollector.
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Theprivatecollectorwho sells his coin privately is not in a different position.
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The past importance of theprivatecollectorcannot be exaggerated.
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It is from the partnership between theprivatecollectorand the public institution that the public benefits.
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If aprivatecollectorwants to buy them, so much the better.
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The position will then be that anyprivatecollectoror farmer who obtains swill which is to be fed to animals will have to get a licence.
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Theprivatecollector, at the moment, is not encouraged sufficiently to save waste foodstuffs, because too little opportunity is given for passing them on to those who can utilise them.
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Immediately following the close of bidding, aprivatecollectorpurchased it for 246,000 ($330,000).
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Today it is owned by aprivatecollector.
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This specimen was unearthed by aprivatecollectorand so far has not been formally examined or described.
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Hitherto it had been displayed by aprivatecollectoras a monument.
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For many years, the serial was considered lost, with only a single known print in the hands of aprivatecollector.
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He brought together the most important collection of watches ever achieved by aprivatecollector.
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The original artwork, along with several other pieces, were stolen from him in the 1980s and sold to aprivatecollector.
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It is being acquired by aprivatecollector.
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It was painted a year before his death, in 1862, most probably for aprivatecollector.
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It was subsequently sold to aprivatecollector.
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