collect

Adjective

• payable by the recipient on delivery
  • a collect call
    
  • the letter came collect
    
  • a COD parcel
    

Adverb

• make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
  • call collect
    
  • send a package collect
    

Noun

• a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

Verb

• 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
    

• get or bring together
  • accumulate evidence
    

• assemble or get together
  • gather some stones
    
  • pull your thoughts together
    

• call for and obtain payment of
  • we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
    
  • he collected the rent
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cod , pick up , gather up , call for , pull in , gather , garner , pull together , take in , roll up , accumulate , pile up , amass , compile , hoard
• Antonyms: 
  spread , distribute