Collect - Definition

adv 1: make a telephone call or mail a package so that the
recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"
adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
"the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn:
collect, cod]
n 1: a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church
of Rome or the Church of England
v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot
of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
[syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up,
amass, compile, hoard]
2: call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million
dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" [syn:
collect, take in]
3: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
thoughts together" [syn: gather, garner, collect, pull
together] [ant: distribute, spread]
4: get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" [syn: collect,
pull in]
5: gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She
picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up
our trash twice a week" [syn: collect, pick up, gather
up, call for]