collection

noun

• 1 [mass noun] the action or process of collecting someone or something:the collection of data refuse collection she left the envelope in the office for collection
• [count noun] a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of refuse for disposal: withdrawal of the Sunday collections
• [count noun] an instance of collecting money in a church service or for a charity: a collection is to be taken up for the Ecclesiastical Students Fund
• [count noun] a sum of money raised during a church or charity collection.

• 2a group of things or people:a rambling collection of houses
• a group of accumulated items of a particular kind:a record collection
• a book or recording containing various texts, poems, songs, etc.:a collection of essays
• a range of new clothes produced by a fashion house:a preview of their autumn collection

• 3 (collections) British college examinations held at the beginning or end of a term, especially at Oxford University.