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