gatherer
pronunciation
How to pronounce gatherer in British English:
UK [ˈɡæðərə(r)]
How to pronounce gatherer in American English:
US [ˈɡæðərər]
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- Noun:
- a person who gathers
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
Word Origin
- gatherer (n.)
- c. 1200, agent noun from gather.
Example
- 1. They recorded the weight of the mushrooms each gatherer collected and where they visited .
- 2. He aims to exploit sbi 's role as the biggest gatherer of savings in india , and to improve its efficiency and responsiveness to customers .
- 3. The sensation of working on a theorem , he says , can be like being " a hunter and gatherer of mathematical concepts . "
- 4. Marcel ospel , former chairman and chief executive of ubs , the world 's largest private bank , was always clear what he wanted ubs to be : an asset gatherer .