collectable
nounEtymology From collect + -able.
1
Anything that someone might want to collect.
- The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices.2006, Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman, The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology, page 551:
- If you invest in collectables overseas, you can make a profit or loss on currency exchange rates as well as a gain or loss on movements in intrinsic capital value.2011, Charles Beelaerts, Investing in Collectables:
- Synonyms
- collector's item