1. Property owned jointly by a group of people or an organization rather than by individuals
The land was managed as collective property by the cooperative members.
A terra era gerida como propriedade coletiva pelos membros da cooperativa.
2. In socialist or communist contexts, property owned by the state or community on behalf of all citizens
Under the new system, all factories became collective property of the workers.
Sob o novo sistema, todas as fábricas se tornaram propriedade coletiva dos trabalhadores.