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🧺 To gather 💰 To receive payment 📬 To gather as hobby 🙏 A short prayer ☎️ Recipient pays
collect

collect

7.4
The person who receives it pays for it
  • adjective
  • /kəˈlɛkt/
translation icon : por cobrar
  • The parcel was sent collect, so I had to pay when it arrived.

Examples

  • She made a collect call to her parents when she lost her wallet.

  • If you send the package collect, the recipient will cover the shipping cost.

  • The package is collect only.

  • You must pay collect charges upon delivery.

  • If you send the package collect, the recipient will cover the shipping cost.

  • She made a collect call to her parents to ask for help when she lost her wallet.

  • The parcel was sent collect, meaning I had to pay for it when it arrived at my doorstep.

Synonyms

COD
vscollect
  • Jargon
1 6.7

Paid when you receive a parcel or package, not before

is the non-abbreviated word form used to mark recipient payment

Antonyms

prepaid
2.5

You pay for it before you use it

Idioms

to collect one's thoughts
6 4.3

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

not collect $200
  • Informal
9.8

You cannot get money or a reward you expected

Compounds

collect call
  • US
20 3.6

A phone call where the person who answers pays the cost

Surface Forms

collect positive

Etymology

The adjective collect in phrases like 'collect call' comes from Latin com- 'together' and legere 'to gather', because the cost will be 'collected' from the person who receives it. So a 'collect' call or parcel is one where the receiver must pay the charge.