take a collection

Frequency: 6.04.5 per million words

to collect money from a group of people, for example for a charity

collectionVERB + NOUN

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take

Examples (10)

  • At the end of the church service, they will take a collection for the roof repair fund.
  • The students decided to take a collection to buy a farewell gift for their retiring teacher.
  • We're going to take a collection at the office for the local food bank.
  • Last year, the community took a collection that raised over a thousand pounds for the homeless shelter.
  • It has become a tradition to take a collection during the annual charity concert.
  • The committee is discussing whether they should take a collection at the next town hall meeting.
  • After the moving speech, someone spontaneously started to take a collection for the victim's family.
  • Taking a collection is an effective way for our club to support local causes.
  • The volunteers will take a collection from the audience during the interval.
  • A collection was taken at the funeral to donate to a cancer research charity in her memory.