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(1):

(n.) That which is collected

(2):

(n.) That which is obtained in payment of demands.

(3):

(n.) An accumulation of any substance.

(4):

(n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

(5):

(n.) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.

(6):

(n.) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.

(7):

(n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.

(8):

(n.) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Collection'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/collection.html. 1828.
 
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