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taker

taker

45 3.0
A person who accepts something that is offered
  • noun
  • /ˈteɪkər/
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  • However, only 10% of computer science test takers in 1999 were female.
  • few takers
  • find any takers
  • givers and takers

So are you the giver or the taker in codependent relationships?

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Examples

  • Not by choice but due to lack of takers throughout the years.

  • We may have a taker.

  • I feel like a census taker out here.

  • The census taker just told us that one of our men is returning from the city late tonight.

  • All are risk takers, all are active participants and great supporters of their communities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Some provinces are net givers, and some are net takers under that particular scheme.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Several postulations have been offered regarding why the number of AP test-takers has increased.

    Academic text (2015)
  • "I doubt you'll get any takers, even at those odds," Adam replied.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • So, any takers?

  • The toll taker collected fees from every car that entered the bridge.

Synonyms

receiver
vstaker
213 2.7

A person who gets something someone sends, gives, or throws

accepts something when offered showing personal agreement rather than just a role

Antonyms

1 6.7

A person who does not do, accept, or agree to something

Compounds

16 3.2

A person who tries things that could fail or be dangerous, often for excitement

3 1.9

A person who checks and collects tickets at the entrance to an event

3 3.6

A person who visits houses to ask about the people living there

1 3.7

A person who asks people questions to find out what they think

1 4.4

A person who collects money from drivers at a toll booth

profit taker
  • Jargon
1 6.0

A person who sells shares or investments to make money from a price rise

thief-taker
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who catches criminals for money before modern police existed

A person who limits other people's freedom, often a ruler or leader

9.8

A person who often uses the drug opium and cannot stop

A person who answers calls and records donations people promise to give during a fundraiser

taker-backer
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who takes help or credit but does not help others

4.8

A person who counts and records goods in a shop or warehouse

How Greedy

hoarder
18 5.5
grabber
  • Offensive
4 7.2
grasper
6.7
taker
45 3.0

Surface Forms

taker singular
takers plural

Morphology

taker = take (transparent) = take + er

Standard agentive formation: 'taker' = one who takes or accepts something offered.

Etymology

Taker comes from the verb take, from an old Norse word taka meaning 'to grasp' or 'to take'. So a taker is simply someone who 'takes' what is offered, as when someone says 'I'll take it' for the last slice of pizza.