See Also: Collection(money)
COLLECTION(finance)
collection(dictionary)
re-collection(dictionary)
art collection(encyclopedia)
collection box(dictionary)
collection(dictionary)
Collection(law)
collection plate(dictionary)
Documentary Collection(money)

collection (oh)



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1 ?set/group?
2 ?money?
3 ?rent/debts/taxes?
4 ?bringing together?
5 ?taking something away?
6 ?fashion?
7 ?books/music?
8 ?people?
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?SET/GROUP?
[C] a) a set of similar things that are kept or brought together because they are attractive or interesting
-see also collect collect, collector collector
::a stamp collection
::my record collection
collection of
::a collection of Japanese vases
b) a group of objects together in the same place
::a collection of empty wine bottles on the back porch
?MONEY?
[C] the act of asking people to give you money for an organization that helps people, or during a church service, or the money collected in this way
-see also collect collect collection for
::Every Christmas we have a collection for a local charity.
::We'll be taking up a collection at the end of tonight's service.
?RENT/DEBTS/TAXES?
[U] the act of obtaining money that is owed to you
-see also collect collect, collector collector
::a debt collection agency
?BRINGING TOGETHER?
[U] the act of bringing together things of the same type from different places to form a group
-see also collect collect
::a computerized data collection system
?TAKING SOMETHING AWAY?
[U and C] the act of taking something from a place
-see also collect collect
::Garbage collections are made every Tuesday morning.
::Please collect your purchases from the customer collection point .
?FASHION?
[C] the clothes designed by a fashion company for a particular season
::Donna Karen's new spring collection
?BOOKS/MUSIC?
[C] several stories, poems, pieces of music etc that are in one book or on one record
collection of
::a new collection of Frost's poetry
?PEOPLE?
[C usually singular] a group of people, especially people you think are strange or unusual in some way
collection of
::There was an interesting collection of people at the wedding.