verb

• (transitive) To gather together; amass.
  "Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out."
• (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
  "A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house."
• (transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
  "John Henry collects stamps."
• (transitive) To pick up or fetch [someone, in a vehicle]
  "Can you collect me from the airport?"

noun

• (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
  "He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon."