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  • 61collect on delivery — adjective (or adverb) : to be paid for in cash at the time of delivery to the buyer abbr. COD * * * collect on delivery (N American) Cash on delivery • • • Main Entry: ↑collect * * * collect on delivery, payment to be collected when goods are… …

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  • 62collect on delivery — cod c.o.d. n. abbr. (Commerce) an abbreviation of {collect on delivery}; a method of payment by which goods are paid for when they are delivered to the customer s home or place of business. Contrasted to {payment in advance} or {terms} or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 63Collect for Purity — The Collect for Purity is the name traditionally given to the collect prayed near the beginning of the Eucharist in most Anglican rites. It was originally drafted in Latin for the Sarum missal and was part of the preparation prayers of priests… …

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  • 64collect one's thoughts — verb To become mentally composed, especially after being distressed, surprised, or disoriented; to become calm or organized in ones emotional state or thinking, as in preparation for a conversation, speech, decision, etc …

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  • 65Collect —    The name given to the prayers set forth in the Prayer Book and especially to the short prayers used in connection with Epistles and Gospels. The origin of the name is uncertain and various meanings have been given to it. Some have connected it …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 66collect up — PHRASAL VERB If you collect up things, you bring them all together, usually when you have finished using them. [V P n (not pron)] Would you go and collect up the dishes?... [V P n (not pron)] Harold had all the copies collected up and burned.… …

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  • 67collect one's thoughts —    If you collect your thoughts, you try to think calmly and clearly in order to prepare yourself mentally for something.     Anne stopped to collect her thoughts before calling back the customer …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 68collect — collect1 [kə lɛkt] verb 1》 bring or gather together.     ↘systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby. 2》 call for and take away; fetch.     ↘call for and receive (something) as a right or due. 3》 (collect oneself)… …

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  • 69collect —    Ohi, ho ākoakoa, ho āhu, hō ili, hō ili ili, hāpuku, hō ulu ulu; ohi loa a (revenue).   Also: ākuli, ho āuna, i i, lapulapu, pūku i, laua e, ho opūlehulehu.    ♦ To collect taxes, ohi auhau.    ♦ To collect untidily, mu umōkākī …

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  • 70collect — /kə lekt/ verb 1. to get money which is owed to you by making the person who owes it pay ♦ 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. ■ adverb,… …

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