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collections | broadway |

As nouns the difference between collections and broadway

is that collections is while broadway is an esplanade.

collections

English

Noun

(head)
  • (accounting, of an account) A state being beyond merely past due.
    • We have sent your account to collections .
  • (accounting) A department that attempts to collect on accounts that are beyond merely past due.
    • Sorry, but you'll have to talk with collections .
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    broadway

    English

    Proper noun

    (-)
  • The wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.
  • The theater district of Manhattan.
  • The theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.
  • The American theater industry.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
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  • (Manitoba, idiomatic) The government of Manitoba.
  • * 2009 , “Verbal vent at city hall: Councillors attack province, feds on their infrastructure priorities”, in Winnipeg Free Press , June 25:
    • Angry city councillors lashed out against both Broadway and Ottawa on Wednesday, claiming the Doer government and the Harper Conservatives are spending millions on infrastructure projects Winnipeg doesn't want and not enough on road repairs the city needs.

    Noun

  • (poker slang) The highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.

    • Derived terms

    * Broadway stage * Broadway show * Broadway musical * off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, off-off-off-Broadway

    See also

    * Sussex Drive

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Flashy; showy.

    • Quotations

    (English Citations of "Broadway")

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 * The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Somerset" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7609338 * The Domesday Book (1086); section "Broadway, Worcestershire" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577729