1. Noun
The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
2. Noun
That which is collected
3. Noun
A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
4. Noun
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
5. Noun
That which is obtained in payment of demands.
6. Noun
An accumulation of any substance.
7. Noun
The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
8. Noun
The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
9. Noun
the act of gathering something together
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