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collect

adverb
  1. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
    “call collect”
adjective
  1. payable by the recipient on delivery
    “a collect call”
    cod
noun
  1. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
verb
  1. to assemble or get together
    gather
  2. to get or bring together
    “They collected old trading cards.”
    pull in
  3. to call for and obtain payment of
    “we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts”
    take in
  4. to get or gather together in an area
    “The leaves collected in the corner.”
    hoardroll upaccumulatepile upcompile
  5. to gather something
    “I collected my thoughts before speaking.”
    pick upcall forgather up