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collect
adjective
adverb
noun
verb
payable by the recipient on delivery
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adjective
payable by the recipient on delivery
“a collect call”
adverb
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
“call collect”
noun
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
verb
assemble or get together
“gather some stones”
verb
get or bring together
“accumulate evidence”
verb
call for and obtain payment of
“we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts”
verb
get or gather together
“I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife”
verb
gather or collect
“You can get the results on Monday”
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a collect call
the letter came collect
a COD parcel
call collect
send a package collect
gather some stones
pull your thoughts together
accumulate evidence
we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
he collected the rent
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
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
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