adj.
1.payment due by the recipient on delivery collect adv.
1.make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays collect n.
1.a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England collect v.
1.get or gather together
2.call for and obtain payment of
3.assemble or get together
4.get or bring together
5.gather or collect
Idiom of the Day
take apart (something) or take (something) apart
to separate the parts of something, to disassemble something
I took apart the watch easily but it never worked again.