collecting

1. To gather together; amass.

   Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.

2. To get; particularly, get from someone.

   A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.

3. To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

   I don't think he collects as much as hoards.

4. To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
5. (often with on or against) To collect payments.

   He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.

6. To come together in a group or mass.

   The rain collected in puddles.

7. To infer; to conclude.
8. (of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).

   The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.

noun

A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.