See Also: taking(2)(dictionary)
taking(1)(dictionary)
Taking a view(finance)
Taking delivery(finance)
Taking the street(finance)
Taking - General(gambling)
leave-taking(dictionary)
risk-taking(dictionary)
Taking the Odds(casino)
Taking Of Property(law)

taking(2) (iou)



taking noun. ME.
[from TAKE verb + -ING1.]
The action or process of TAKE verb; an instance of this. ME.
G. Boycott There had been a big score for the taking. Daily Telegraph The taking of aspirin by pregnant women.
b. A seizure or sudden attack of illness or pain (long obsolete exc. dial.). Formerly also, enchantment, esp. of a malign nature; malignant influence. M16.
That which is taken; spec. (a) prey, a catch, fish etc. caught at one time; (b) in pl., proceeds, business receipts or earnings; (c) (Printing, obsolete exc. Hist.) a portion of copy given to a compositor for setting at one time, a take. ME.
B. Rubens Half a day's takings in the shop..would amount to something like fifteen pounds.
a. Condition, situation, plight. Only in in a taking, in taking, at a taking, at taking, freq. with specifying word. obsolete exc. Scot. E16.
b. spec. A disturbed or agitated state of mind. Freq. in in a taking. arch. L16.
Ellis Peters They must be in a taking at all these changes we're seeing.