Antonyms for takings


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tey-king
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪ kɪŋ


Definition of takings

Origin :
  • 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.
  • As in apprehension : noun catching and arresting
  • As in appropriation : noun stealing
  • As in assumption : noun assuming possession, power
  • As in pay : noun earnings from employment
  • As in proceeds : noun earnings from business
  • As in profit : noun gain
  • As in receipt : noun delivery of goods
  • As in receipts : noun money earned in business venture
  • As in return : noun earnings, benefit
  • As in revenue : noun income, profit
  • As in take : noun profit
  • As in yield : noun production of labor
  • As in getting : noun the act of procuring
  • As in booty : noun loot
  • As in capture : noun catching, forceful holding
  • As in preemption : noun usurpation
  • As in earnings : noun money for work performed
  • As in haul : noun something obtained or moved
Example sentences :
  • Thus the gross takings were two louis, ten livres, and two sous.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Many weeks throughout the year these takings do not average more than 8s.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts
  • Had she not chosen him and taken him up to the exclusion of all other such choosings and takings?
  • Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
  • Also ways to invest his takings well, for usury was not denied him.
  • Extract from : « The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Our companions were all there with their takings, mounted and waiting for us.
  • Extract from : « Rising Wolf the White Blackfoot » by James Willard Schultz
  • Some of our companions were already there with their takings.
  • Extract from : « Rising Wolf the White Blackfoot » by James Willard Schultz
  • Let us pass now to a consideration of various classes of the takings of human life.
  • Extract from : « Ifugao Law » by R. F. Burton
  • He went too far with his affected scruple and his takings of leave!
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • I had to compensate them for the loss of their daily takings at the Black Jack.
  • Extract from : « The Orange Girl » by Walter Besant
  • A matter of three pounds a day takings and two pounds a day profit.'
  • Extract from : « The Orange Girl » by Walter Besant

Synonyms for takings

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