col·lec·tive 
(kə-lĕktĭv)
(kə-lĕktĭv)adj.
1. Assembled into or viewed as a whole.
2. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.
n.
1. An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.
2. A collective noun.
col·lective·ly adv.
col·lective·ness n.