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noun

plate¹ (def. 7).

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Origin of collection plate

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby collection plate

collectible, collecting tubule, collection, collection agency, collection box, collection plate, collective, collective agreement, collective bargaining, collective behavior, collective farm

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How to use collection plate in a sentence

Sergeant: It is the nest-egg half-crown we hand round in the collection plate every Sunday morning.
Seven Short Plays|Lady Gregory
It is the nest-egg half-crown we hand round in the collection-plate every Sunday morning.
Contemporary One-Act Plays|Sir James M. Barrie
The father was respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier and a stern, upright collection-plate passer and forecloser.
The Boy Scouts Book of Stories|Various
It isn't always the front seats that are occupied by His humblest children, when the collection plate gets busy.
Oklahoma Sunshine|Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller

Good intentions never make the dollars ring in the collection plate.
Oklahoma Sunshine|Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller