taking

About 93.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Alluring; attractive.
2. adjective Infectious; contagious.
3. noun The act by which something is taken.
4. noun A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
5. noun A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
6. noun Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).

   Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.

7. verb present participle and gerund of take

Similar words

attractive fetching winning picking captivating absorbing grasping giving putting being

Often followed by

the a place into up care of advantage his it