collects

Brings together systematically

Collects is the third-person singular of collect, meaning to gather things together or accumulate them over time: She collects stamps, He collects vintage records.

The word also covers receiving payments (collects rent) or picking someone up (collects the kids from school).

A collect call is one where the recipient pays the charges.

hobby

stamps

Postal payment adhesives

figurines · comics · cards · autographs · vinyl · antiques · memorabilia · souvenirs · dolls · miniatures

accumulates

hoards

Hidden valuable caches

consolidates · piles · masses · bundles · amasses · stores · accrues · builds up · acquires · obtains

gathers

harvest

Gathering mature crops

pluck · cull · pick · assemble · congregate · convene · muster · corral · herd · flock

archive

documents

Formal written records

preserves · files · data · chronicles · specimens · samples · artifacts · relics · oral histories · testimonies

payment

dues

Regular membership payments

  • feesCosts for services
  • rentPayment for temporary use
  • taxesMandatory government payments

debts · tolls · fares · payments · receivables · invoices · premiums · donations · contributions · tithes

retrieval

picks up

Takes into hand

gets · obtains · claims · receives · accepts · secures · acquires

Categories
Opposites
gathering vs. dispersing

collectsscatters

Distributes irregularly about

disperses · distributes · spreads · disseminates · strews

acquiring vs. relinquishing

collectsdelivers

Transports to recipient

gives away · dispenses · dispatches · donates · surrenders

accumulation vs. depletion

collectsdiscards

Things thrown away

throws away · gets rid of · empties · depletes · jettisons

Phrases
Family

collect, collection, collected, collecting, collector, recollect, collectors, uncollected, recollected

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G