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No.
A collection is the reporing by a third party of their authrity to collect on a debt that originated with another.
The charge-off will remain even if paid.
The normal process is to first send the creditor a pay for deletion (PFD) offer, which offers to pay the full debt provided they agree to delte the reported charge-off.
I would advise sending them a PFD offer.