To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

With payment due from the recipient.

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

(transitive) To gather together; amass. / (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.

simple past tense and past participle of collect

(not comparable) Gathered together. / Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.

Worthy or suitable for collecting on historical/financial grounds, or for meeting a personal aesthetic. / Rightfully subject to payment. / That is likely to be paid.

An object which someone might want to collect.

Anything that someone might want to collect.

Suitable for collecting.