collectible

comparative more collectible · superlative most collectible · alternative UK collectable

1. Worthy or suitable for collecting on historical/financial grounds, or for meeting a personal aesthetic.

   collectible stamps, collectible china, collectible Beatles memorabilia

   1 more example

   With the lifting of his “depression,” he’d developed a new interest, hobbylike in its intensity, in framable and collectible railroad memorabilia, and he could happily have spent the whole day—the whole week!—pursuing it. . .

   2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

2. Rightfully subject to payment.

   a collectible bill

3. That is likely to be paid.

   He's owed it to us for six months, but it doesn't look very collectible to me.

plural collectibles · alternative UK collectable

1. An object which someone might want to collect.

   Topps[…], the candy and collectibles company that Mr. Eisner bought in 2007, has signed the Clique Girlz as commercial spokeswomen for Baby Bottle Pop, one of the Top 10 nonchocolate candy brands.

   2009 January 28, Brooks Barnes, “Sweet Deal to Promote Tweeny-Bop Girl Group”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: collector's item