collection

take a collection up (for someone or something)

To request and collect donations (usually money) from people (for the benefit of someone or some cause). Before we leave, I wanted to let you know that Mrs. Stein is taking a collection up for incoming refugees fleeing the war. Every Saturday, I take a collection up from people in and out of the grocery store by my house, and I donate the money to the state's veterans association.
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take up a collection

To request and collect donations (usually of money) from people (for some cause). Before we leave, I wanted to let you know that Mrs. Stein is taking up a collection for incoming refugees fleeing the war. Every Saturday, I take up a collection outside of the local grocery store in support of veterans.
See also: collection, take, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

take a collection up (from someone) (for someone or something)

to collect money from people for someone or something. Karen took a collection up from everyone in the office for Bill. Karen took up a collection for Bill from everyone in the office.
See also: collection, take, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

take up a collection

Request and gather donations, as in They were taking up a collection for the church that burned down, or The veterans' group takes up a collection every month of household goods and furniture. This idiom was first recorded in 1849.
See also: collection, take, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • take a collection up
  • take a collection up (for someone or something)
  • take up a collection
  • collect up
  • collect
  • collect (one's) thoughts
  • collect thoughts
  • collect (one's) wits
  • collect your wits
  • collect/gather your wits
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Prime Minister Imran Khan removed the then FBR chairman in May as it became clear to him that the revenue collection was heading towards a record shortfall.
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FIRS recorded a total collection of N5.07 trillion in 2012 when the exchange rate of naira to the United States dollar was 190/1 but in a statement in January 2019, it said the N5.320 trillion collection for 2018 was the highest revenue ever generated by FIRS in history as the highest in FIRS was N5.07 trillion generated in 2012 even though exchange rate had deteriorated to 362/1.
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This is when bins and recycling will be collected in Wales over Christmas 2018; Here you can find information on when your refuse collections will take place over the festive period
Radisson Collection hotels are united by exceptional design and experiences across dining, fitness, wellness and sustainability.
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During the first seven months of FY 2017-18, the FBR's provincial net revenue collection reached over Rs2 trillion, said the tax regulator on Wednesday.
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FBR launches directory to monitor tax collection from withholding agents
Instagram just introduced a new feature called Collections, which is designed to help users organize their saved posts and store them in folders called private collections.
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So if you usually have your rubbish and recycling collected on Thursday, it will move to Saturday, December 27, and Friday's collection moves to Saturday.
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The actresses wore outfits from Saab's Fall/Winter 2014 collection, the limited Poincare collection, the Resort 2014 and 2015 collections, the Spring/Summer 2015 collection and the ready-to-wear collection.
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In an earlier article, we discussed the practice of remote collection -- a data collection method that allows the e-discovery practitioner or forensic expert handling the collection to do so from a location other than where the data is physically stored.
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The Archives and Special Collections department of Buswell Memorial Library at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a collection of and about contemporary Christian music.
The Archives and Special Collections department of Buswell Memorial Library at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
Geoffrey Sturgess Collection of semi-automatic weapons is considered to be the finest private collection of its type ever assembled.
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828 INTERNATIONAL is offering new collections to meet various tastes and home decor using kaleidoscopic symmetry in one collection and an eclectic mix of styles in another.
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