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noun (n)

• several things grouped together or considered as a whole(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  accumulation, aggregation, assemblage
  

  source: wordnet30
• a publication containing a variety of works(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  compendium
  

  source: wordnet30
• request for a sum of money(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  appeal, ingathering, solicitation
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of gathering something together(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  aggregation, assembling, collecting
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.(noun)

  source: webster1913