taking C2+ Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ UK /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the act of seizing or acquiring; in the plural, money received The shop's takings for the day were counted at closing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of seizing or... seizurecaptureacquisitionappropriationproceedsreceiptsearningscharming Word family Related forms taketakermistake Etymology AI details From take + -ing, the verb take being from Old English tacan, a borrowing from Old Norse taka ('to grasp, seize'), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. taka Old Norse *tēkaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # taking **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ ## Meanings 1. the act of seizing or acquiring; in the plural, money received ## Examples - The shop's takings for the day were counted at closing. ## Synonyms - seizure - capture - acquisition - appropriation - proceeds - receipts - earnings - charming ## Related Forms - take - taker - mistake ## Roots and Affixes - Root: taka - Root: *tēkaną ## Etymology From take + -ing, the verb take being from Old English tacan, a borrowing from Old Norse taka ('to grasp, seize'), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. ## AI Etymology Taking is from take + -ing, the verb take being from Old English tacan, a borrowing from Old Norse taka ('to grasp, seize'), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. Important recorded forms include taka (Old Norse) and *tēkaną (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers the act of seizing or acquiring; in the plural, money received. The wider family includes related words such as take, taker, and mistake. ## Topics - Money & Finance - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown