Ready for collection (3)

I believe the answer is:

set

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'ready' is the first definition.
(similar in meaning)

'collection' is the second definition.
(set is a kind of collection)

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for set that I've seen before include "Hardened" , "Ready" , "Series of tennis games" , "Group of items of the same kind" , "Group; unchanging" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Globe and Mail, The Mirror, The Guardian and the Evening Standard.

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