garbage collection
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ kəˈlɛkʃən/
- US
:
recolección de basura
- Every Tuesday, the residents put their bins out for garbage collection on the street.
- cost of garbage collection
- average garbage collection
And so it's, it's almost like we're, we're sort of dumping garbage in the atmosphere and, and nobody's paying for garbage collection.
- And so it's, it's almost like we're, we're sort of dumping garbage in the atmosphere and, and nobody's paying for garbage collection.
Examples
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It's a confrontation that replicates itself nationwide as other communities, large and small, look for new revenue sources to pay for essential services, from police protection to garbage collection.
Academic text (2005) -
Other services, such as electricity, gas, garbage collection, and road maintenance, are subsidized for the whole country—not only for the Basin of Mexico.
Academic text (1997) -
Therefore, the cost of collection for this strategy is equivalent to the cost of garbage collection.
Academic text (1998) -
Also, I have noticed that municipal garbage collection does not pay for itself either.
Blog text (26) -
Garbage collection also resumed this week on normally scheduled collection days.
Blog text (31) -
Garbage collection will be on the regular schedule for pickup.
Blog text (31) -
Garbage collection schedule delayed because of the Labor Day holiday.
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For Lewiston residents, yard waste disposal is included in garbage collection fees.
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After each street has been serviced, residents may dispose of their waste during bulk garbage collection days.
Blog text (3) -
Municipal services, including police, fire departments, snow removal, and garbage collection, will also be curtailed or eliminated.
Blog text (26)
Synonyms
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2.6
The act of collecting things or people to move them
3
1.9
Collection of garbage from homes or businesses by a local service
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2.0
Collecting garbage from homes or streets
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1.3
A service that takes away trash from homes or businesses
How Frequent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally a noun phrase meaning 'a collection of garbage', so a B1 learner who knows 'garbage' and 'collection' can infer a general sense of gathering or removing waste. However, the computing sense (automatic reclamation of unused memory) is a domain-specific, metaphorical extension of that literal meaning and the precise technical function is not fully predictable from the constituents alone.
Etymology
Garbage collection comes from the everyday picture of a trash truck and workers who gather garbage and take it away. So it means the regular process of picking up and removing household or business 'waste'.