taking

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ UK /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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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... seizure capture acquisition appropriation proceeds receipts earnings charming

Word family

Related forms take taker mistake

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Proverbs (1)

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No one ever went broke taking a profit

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.

taka Old Norse *tēkaną Proto-Germanic

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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