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