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Synonyms for taker

Grammar : Noun
Spell : teyk
Phonetic Transcription : teɪk

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Définition of taker

Origin :
  • 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.
  • As in parasite : noun something that exists by taking from or depending on another
Example sentences :
  • "Then Findelkind was a rogue and a vagabond," said the taker of tolls.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
  • All water taken may be hot or cold, according to the fancy of the taker.
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
  • Charles Wilbraham was no taker of human life, Henry felt assured.
  • Extract from : « Mystery at Geneva » by Rose Macaulay
  • An oath obligeth not in the sense of the imposer, but the taker's.
  • Extract from : « Books Condemned to be Burnt » by James Anson Farrer
  • Every taker of a ticket will receive a coupon for our great 1000 lottery.
  • Extract from : « What Not » by Rose Macaulay
  • All these neighbors had to then follow the trail of the cow to its taker, or pay 30d.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • A tip is not necessarily a humiliation, either to the giver or to the taker.
  • Extract from : « How To Write Special Feature Articles » by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
  • I am not a taker of notes, nor, for all my vagrant and exploring tendencies, am I a very close observer.
  • Extract from : « Earth's Enigmas » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • The holder of it may pass it like money and the taker is entitled to receive payment of it when it is due.
  • Extract from : « Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3 » by Various
  • Followed by Kennedy and the taker of his second bet, he crossed over to the bar.
  • Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

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