collar

/ˈkɒl.ə//ˈkɑ.lɚ/

noun

1
Anything that encircles the neck.
2
A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
“a collar of brawn”
3
Any encircling device or structure.
“A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.”
4
(in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
5
The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
6
A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
7
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
8
An arrest.
9
A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.

1
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
2
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
“Collar and leash aggressive dogs.”
3
To seize, capture or detain.
4
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
5
(law enforcement) To arrest.
6
To bind in conversation.
“I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.”
7
To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
8
(BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

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