(1):
(n.) That which is collected
(2):
(n.) That which is obtained in payment of demands.
(3):
(n.) An accumulation of any substance.
(4):
(n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
(5):
(n.) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
(6):
(n.) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
(7):
(n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
(8):
(n.) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
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