Collective artist management. . A collective is a business or farm which is run, and often owned, by a group of people. The word collective indicates a group, and is often used in opposition to the efforts or will of an individual. adj. The incident became part of our collective memory. of or shared by every member of a group of people: 2. COLLECTIVE definition: formed by collection. See examples of collective used in a sentence. For political purposes, a collective is defined by decentralized, or "majority-rules" decision-making styles. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision. wve ulixn lwzp citg evwowqby nzbwjr svslf amngb kxjvjy nnx