the act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.-that which is collected-a gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.-a gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.-that which is obtained in payment of demands.-an accumulation of any substance.-the act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.-the jurisdiction of a collector of excise.