Collection

1. That which is collected
2. That which is obtained in payment of demands.
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. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
6. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
7. An accumulation of any substance.
8. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.