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collect

/kəˈlɛkt/

verb
adjective
To gather together; amass. (Example: Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.)
To get; particularly, get from someone. (Example: A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.)
To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation. (Example: I don't think he collects as much as hoards.)
To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
(often with on or against) To collect payments. (Example: He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.)
To come together in a group or mass. (Example: The rain collected in puddles.)
To infer; to conclude.
(of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle). (Example: The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.)

adverb
To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment. (Example: It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.)
With payment due from the recipient. (Example: I had to call collect.)

collect

/ˈkɒlɪkt/
/ˈkɑlɛkt/

noun
The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer. (Example: He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.)
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