verb

1. To gather together; amass.

   “Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.”

2. To get; particularly, get from someone.

   “A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.”

3. To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

   “I don't think he collects as much as hoards.”

adjective

1. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

   “It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.”

Synonyms: amound, gather, bump into, plough into, run into, group, mass, merge

adverb

1. With payment due from the recipient.

   “I had to call collect.”

Synonyms: amound, gather, bump into, plough into, run into, group, mass, merge