2. (adj)collect, cod payable by the recipient on delivery "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
3. (verb)roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard 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"
4. (verb)collect, take in call for and obtain payment of
"we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
5. (verb)gather, garner, collect, pull together assemble or get together
"gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
6. (verb)collect, pull in get or bring together
"accumulate evidence"
7. (verb)collect, pick up, gather up, call for 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"