takes
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
An inflected form of take · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,186 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,411 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property also: return, issue, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff the average return was about 5%
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
takes in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Who takes the census under the sea?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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It takes more ceremony to get a word from his throat than a dollar from his pocket.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Now it takes a long time to grow four and a half feet of Boy and Girl.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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A pox on 't, as I am a Christian! tell me to-morrow how scurvily she takes my unkind parting.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1