1. The act of gathering something together
   "Stamp collecting is a popular hobby";
   - collection, assembling, aggregation

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

Derived forms: collectings

See also: pick up

Type of: acquire, get, group, grouping, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, take

Antonym: distribute

Encyclopedia: Collecting