Collection

·noun That which is collected.

II. Collection ·noun An accumulation of any substance.

III. Collection ·noun The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

IV. Collection ·noun That which is obtained in payment of demands.

V. Collection ·noun A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.

VI. Collection ·noun The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

VII. Collection ·noun The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.

VIII. Collection ·noun A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.