taking
111
1.7
- noun
- /ˈteɪkɪŋ/
- The box was filled with the takings from the weekend market.
- note-taking
- turn-taking
- risk-taking
Examples
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After counting the takings, the manager reported a significant increase in sales.
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Most popular and community arts are there for the taking, and that is good.
Academic text (1999) -
- Well, it was ripe for the taking.
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Our prison was ripe for the taking.
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It's there for the taking. "I want it in my garage," Yuri said.
Fiction book (1999) -
It was yours for the taking and you choked.
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Yours for the taking.
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Well, it’s yours for the taking
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[707] You'll suddenly think... the world is yours for the taking.
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The artist was thrilled with the takings from her first gallery show.
Synonyms
66
2.6
The act of collecting things or people to move them
42
1.0
An act of gaining something, like buying or receiving it
23
1.3
Gathering fruit or crops by hand
Compounds
How Severe
- Formal
13
8.2
14
5.4
- Formal
3
9.1
- Formal
52
6.1
- Formal
1
8.8
111
1.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Taking (the action of getting something) comes from the verb take, from an old Norse word taka meaning 'to take' or 'to grab'. So taking refers to the act of getting something or the things that have been got, which is why we say something is 'ripe for the taking' when it is ready to be taken.