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collector
Noun
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A ticket collector is somebody who checks your ticket on a bus or train.
After you get on the bus, be ready to show your ticket to the collector.
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A debt collector is somebody who tries to make people pay their debts when payment is late.
Life was very difficult when a debt collector started calling daily.
free
Adjective
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If something is free, it does not cost money to buy.
This loaf of bread is free. It costs $0.
The government provides free healthcare for people who cannot afford it.
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If something is free, it is able to go (move) anywhere easily.
A wild bird is free to go where it likes.
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If something is free, it is not blocked.
The drain was free of anything blocking it.
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If something or someone is free, it is not in use.
This chair does not have anyone sitting in it. It is free.
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When something is free, it has no conditions or limitations to using or being in it.
This is a free country. You can have your own freedom of speech here.
free
Verb
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If you free something or someone, you release it.
She frees the birds because they do not belong in a cage.
We officially free you from jail. You may go.