collect

/kəˈlɛkt/

To gather together; amass.

Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.

To get; particularly, get from someone.

A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.

To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

I don't think he collects as much as hoards.

To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

(often with on or against) To collect payments.

He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.

To come together in a group or mass.

The rain collected in puddles.

To infer; to conclude.

(of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).

The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.