Collection

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