Real Dictionary

collect
verb: If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
verb: If you collect things, such as stamps or books, as a hobby, you get a large number of them over a period of time because they interest you.

collect in Accounting
verb: If you collect, or collect on a debt, you receive payment on a debt.

collect in American English 1
requiring payment by the recipient
to gather; assemble
intransitive verb: to gather together; assemble

collect in American English 2
a short prayer suitable to the time or occasion, used in certain church services, as before the Epistle at Mass
noun: any of certain brief prayers used in Western churches esp. before the epistle in the communion service

collect in British English 1
verb: to gather together or be gathered together

collect in British English 2
noun: a short Church prayer generally preceding the lesson or epistle in Communion and other services