Gathering

noun

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

   "I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists."

2. A group of people or things.

   "A gathering of fruit."

3. A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

   "This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation."

4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
5. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.