takings

Other forms of takings

plural

takingses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about takings

What does takings mean?

takings means "the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property".

How many syllables are in takings?

takings has 2 syllables: ta-kings. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˈteɪkɪŋz/.

What is another word for takings?

Close synonyms include return, issue, take, proceeds, yield. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is takings a common word?

takings is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.