Definition of "takings" []

• The cash or money received (taken) by a shop or other business; receipts. (noun)
• Plural form of taking. (noun)

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• "I once had to bank £7000 in takings from a shop I was managing, which is certainly the most British currency I've ever handled."
• "We have what we call takings, not grabbings, in the sense that for social purposes, which vary depending on which country, like even in the United States, you -- you have continuous taking, my own university is in trouble right now because it's trying to expand into Harlem and taking over land."
• "Eminent domain takings by Mexican governments are appealable -- just as in the US."