collect for

collect for (someone or something)

To solicit money, especially that which is owed, for a particular reason. People keep calling to collect for my credit card bills. There's a boy at the door collecting for charity.

collect (money) for someone or something

to solicit money for the benefit of someone or something. I would like to collect some money for Fred, who is in the hospital. I am collecting for the church building fund.

collect (money) for something

to solicit money that is owed. I'm collecting money for payment on your loan. Someone is calling to collect for the newspaper delivery.

See also: collect

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

collect for (someone or something)
collect from
collect (something) from (someone)
on the knocker
collect
collect (one's) thoughts
collect thoughts
collect up
dun
dun (someone) for (something)

References in periodicals archive

"I also collect for Workaid, a charity based in Chesham (in Buckinghamshire)," said Marion, a retired nurse and medical secretary.

Help give orphans the tools to build a better life

Broad notices that "people who do collect for investment generally don't have the best eyes.

Cents and sensibility: collecting the '80s

We are challenged not only by the amount of time it takes to treat our patients, but also by the amount of time it takes to collect for our services.

How to lower the high cost of collecting reimbursement. (Practice Management Clinic)

As the exhibit shows, one would have to expect to collect for many more years before deciding to reject the FSA option.

Therefore, an FSA would be advantageous unless they both lived to collect for 51 years.

Flexible spending accounts: by participating, are employees borrowing from their future?

"One of the guys who wanted to collect for us needed 3 1/2 days to get a permit, and when the permit was issued, it was for an area where the product didn't even grow."

The secret harvest

词组	collect for
释义	collect for collect for (someone or something) To solicit money, especially that which is owed, for a particular reason. People keep calling to collect for my credit card bills. There's a boy at the door collecting for charity. See also: collect Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. collect (money) for someone or something to solicit money for the benefit of someone or something. I would like to collect some money for Fred, who is in the hospital. I am collecting for the church building fund. See also: collect collect (money) for something to solicit money that is owed. I'm collecting money for payment on your loan. Someone is calling to collect for the newspaper delivery. See also: collect McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: collect for (someone or something) collect from collect (something) from (someone) on the knocker collect collect (one's) thoughts collect thoughts collect up dun dun (someone) for (something) References in periodicals archive "I also collect for Workaid, a charity based in Chesham (in Buckinghamshire)," said Marion, a retired nurse and medical secretary. Help give orphans the tools to build a better life Broad notices that "people who do collect for investment generally don't have the best eyes. Cents and sensibility: collecting the '80s We are challenged not only by the amount of time it takes to treat our patients, but also by the amount of time it takes to collect for our services. How to lower the high cost of collecting reimbursement. (Practice Management Clinic) As the exhibit shows, one would have to expect to collect for many more years before deciding to reject the FSA option. Therefore, an FSA would be advantageous unless they both lived to collect for 51 years. Flexible spending accounts: by participating, are employees borrowing from their future? "One of the guys who wanted to collect for us needed 3 1/2 days to get a permit, and when the permit was issued, it was for an area where the product didn't even grow." The secret harvest
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