to collect

Examples

• All

• Dale Cregan was there to collect this money, right?

  Anything Goes With James English

• I'll collect it later.

  Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

• So why don't you come down, collect your money?

  The Bricklayer (2023)

• Call Van Zant, collect the money.

  Heat (1995)

• Oh, and here is Deena's bankruptcy petition, so good luck collecting on the rest of that $10 million.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• I've heard of debts he's Collected for people.

  Four (2011)

• I can show Bryan, our DA, that if he goes around... tryin' to collect everybody he'll have a tangled case... but if he sticks to Wilmer here, he can get a conviction... standing on his head.

  The Maltese Falcon (1941)

• The landlord will collect the rent money at the beginning of each month.

• The cashier will collect any outstanding payments when you check out.

• He called to collect the debt his friend owed him last year.

Synonyms

G

to garner

vsto collect

• Formal

88 6.0

To collect or get something after effort

asks for and receives money that is owed from others

Antonyms

W

to waive

• Formal

107 6.6

Choose not to use a right or to charge a fee

Idioms

C

to collect one's thoughts

6 4.3

To take time to put your ideas in order and calm down before you speak

N

not collect $200

• Informal

9.8

You cannot get money or a reward you expected

Phrasal Verbs

C

to collect dust

• Informal

8 3.7

To stay unused or forgotten and become covered in dust

Compounds

C

collect call

• US

20 3.6

A phone call where the person who answers pays the cost

How Successful

to repossess

• Specialized

26 5.8

to recover

748 2.5

to collect

489 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology