1. Assemble or get together
   "collect some stones";
   - gather, garner, pull together
    
2. Get or bring together
   "The charity collected donations for the disaster victims";
   - pull in
    
3. Get or gather together (a large number of something)
   "She collected a small fortune";
   - roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
    
4. Call for and obtain payment of
   "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent";
   - take in
    
5. Go to meet, esp. to then take somewhere in a vehicle
   "She collected the children at the day care centre";
   - pick up, gather up, call for

1. A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
   "The priest recited the collect before beginning the sermon"

1. Payable by the recipient on delivery
   "a collect call"; "the letter came collect";
   - COD

1. Make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
   "call collect"; "send a package collect"

Derived forms: collected, collecting, collects

See also: due, pick up

Type of: acquire, get, group, hive away, lay in, orison [archaic], petition, prayer, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, take

Antonym: distribute

Encyclopedia: Collect