The plaintiffs in both cases, who collectively owe the federal government tens of millions of dollars in back taxes, are seeking to recover fees, interest and penalties.

Some 75 million people carry credit cards in the United States, and they collectively owe $80 billion, he said.

At the end of last year, member nations collectively owed $377 million in overdue peacekeeping assessments.

Officials insist that debtors collectively owe hundreds of millions for water they used but never paid for.

Eight other foreign missions on the Upper East Side are also in debt, and collectively owe the city about $230,000.

The Parliament has also compiled a list of the 73 largest corporate tax delinquents, who collectively owe the Government some $4.9 billion.

In 2000, the state of Tennessee revoked the driver's licenses of 1,372 people who collectively owed more than $13 million in child support.

The others collectively owed the estate more than £10,000.

And the total amount any single bank can collectively owe to the others is automatically capped.

Further, the two airlines collectively owe more than $1 billion on packages of federally backed loans, and government approval would be necessary for the two to combine.