0 a container where people can put money, or things such as food or clothing, which is being collected for an organization or for people who need it:
I don't think she would have stolen money from a church collection box.
He picks up mail from collection boxes and delivers it to the processing center.
They were taking the collection boxes to the bank where the money would be converted into foreign currency and sent where it was needed.
"Charity" is not simply easing our conscience by writing out a cheque or dropping coins in the collection box.
She put up a shoe collection box after a teacher told her his students weren't coming to school because they didn't have shoes.
Mail from public collection boxes represents only about 20 percent of total daily volume.
I had some mail to send but there was no collection box on my route.
