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

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

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

[ Syn: cod ]

get or gather together; I am accumulating evidence for the mans unfaithfulness to his wife; She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis; She rolled up a small fortune

[ Syn: roll up , accumulate , pile up , amass , compile , hoard ]

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

[ Syn: take in ]

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

[ Syn: gather , garner , pull together ]

get or bring together; accumulate evidence

[ Syn: pull in ]

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

[ Syn: pick up , gather up , call for ]