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Synonyms for takers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : teyk
Phonetic Transcription : teɪk

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Définition of takers

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 :
  • Bets are offered on any side to any amount, but there are no takers.
  • Extract from : « The Mudfog and Other Sketches » by Charles Dickens
  • The manager said I could let them go at three dollars if I could find any takers.
  • Extract from : « Toy Shop » by Henry Maxwell Dempsey
  • They were bidding forty cents at the club last night, with no takers.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • The sons of the submissive are neither conquerors of self nor takers of cities.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • "I'll bet that he makes good," he offered, but there were no takers.
  • Extract from : « Bar-20 Days » by Clarence E. Mulford
  • And as I dont possess gamboge, he added, the bet finds no takers.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
  • The takers of the king's deer know where to hide their venison.
  • Extract from : « With the Black Prince » by William Osborn Stoddard
  • Robin Hood's dead and gwone, but there be takers yet in the vale of Bever.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated » by Sir Walter Scott
  • Takers of the offer not appearing on the shore, he shook the purse at his competitors.
  • Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace
  • They go to their corners with betting three to one on Calias and no takers.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Oscar Micheaux

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