collect¹

/klekt/

  • verb 1 bring or gather together. 2 systematically acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby. 3 call for and take away; fetch. 4 call for and receive as a right or due. 5 (collect oneself) regain control of oneself. 6 Austral./NZ informal collide with.

  • adverb & adjective N. Amer. (of a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it.

  — ORIGIN Latin colligere ‘gather together’.

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