Definition of "taking" in English

adjective

1. Alluring; attractive.

2. (obsolete) Infectious; contagious.

noun

1. The act by which something is taken.

2. (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.

3. (uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).

4. (in the plural, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) 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.
   • Count the shop's takings.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of take