1. To call for and obtain payment of; SYN. take in.
2. To gather or collect; SYN. pick up, gather up, call for.
3. To get together; SYN. accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard.

Payment due by the recipient on delivery; SYN. cod.

Make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays.

ETYM Late Lat. collecta, from Latin collecta a collection in money; an assemblage, from collerige: cf. French collecte. Related to Collect.
A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England.