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51collect — I col•lect [[t]kəˈlɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to gather together; assemble 2) to make a collection of: to collect stamps[/ex] 3) to demand and receive payment of 4) to regain control of (oneself or one s thoughts or emotions) 5) to call for and take with… …
52collect — [16] Collect comes via French collecter or medieval Latin collēctāre from collēct , the past participial stem of Latin colligere ‘gather together’, a compound verb formed from com ‘together’ and legere ‘gather’ (source also of English elect,… …
53collect on delivery — cod c.o.d. adj. (Commerce) an abbreviation of {collect on delivery}; payment due by the recipient on delivery; as, a COD parcel. [Also spelled {COD}.] Syn: collect, collect on delivery. [WordNet 1.5] …
54collect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. gather, collate, assemble, amass, compile; throng, congregate, flock; scrape or round up, garner, accumulate, save. See assemblage, acquisition. Ant., disperse, scatter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To… …
55collect — verb 1) he collected the rubbish she collects Hummel figurines Syn: gather, accumulate, assemble; amass, stockpile, pile up, heap up, store (up), hoard, save; mass, accrue See note at …
56collect call — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms collect call : singular collect call plural collect calls American a reverse charge call …
57collect up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms collect up : present tense I/you/we/they collect up he/she/it collects up present participle collecting up past tense collected up past participle collected up to get things from different places or people… …
58collect — I. /kəˈlɛkt / (say kuh lekt) verb (t) 1. to gather together; assemble. 2. to accumulate; make a collection of. 3. to gather (money) for contributions or debts, for charity, etc. 4. to regain control of (one s thoughts, faculties, etc., or… …
59collect — /kə lekt/ verb 1. to make someone pay money which is owed ♦ to collect a debt to go and make someone pay a debt 2. to take things away from a place ● We have to collect the stock from the warehouse. ● Can you collect my letters from the typing… …
60collect call — noun a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for • Hypernyms: ↑call, ↑phone call, ↑telephone call * * * a long distance telephone call that is to be paid for by the person or station receiving it. [1965 70] * * * collect call UK …
