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# taker

«taker» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who takes or accepts something that is offered** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a taker, takers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A taker is a person who takes or accepts something that is offered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#m1)

2) A taker can be someone who takes more than they give. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#m2)

3) In compound words it means a person who does something, like a risk-taker or a test-taker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk «Any takers?» means «Does anyone want this?». In stories about fairness a taker is selfish, opposite to a giver. Phrases: «any takers», «no takers», «risk-taker», «note-taker», «giver and taker».

### examples

- I offered my last biscuit, but there were no takers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#x1)
- «Any takers for a game of chess?» asked Dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#x2)
- He is a taker, not a giver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#x3)
- She is a risk-taker who loves climbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#x4)
- The teacher chose a note-taker for the group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#x5)
- The free puppies soon found takers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#x6)
- Every test-taker gets a pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/#x7)

### note

Countable. Often plural in «no takers», «any takers». Mostly used in compounds (caretaker, undertaker, stocktaker). An undertaker is a person who arranges funerals, not someone who «takes under».

### In the corpora

- [The most important thing to tell the call taker is where you are.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/15/)
- [You should stay on the line until the call taker tells you to hang up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/17/)
- [Every prank call to an emergency number takes a call taker away from someone who may be in real danger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/20/)
- [Leaders were not always takers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «taker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.