collect

/kəˈlekt/ v [I/T] (RECEIVE)

Definition

› to receive money that you are owed or have earned: [T] You can begin to collect benefits under Social Security at age 62.

(Definition of collect v (RECEIVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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