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# takings

«takings» in Mova's school dictionary: **the money a shop, cafe, fair or business gets from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural (takings)

### meaning for a pupil

(UK, Australia) Takings are the money a shop, cafe, fair or business gets from selling things in a certain time: the day's takings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takings/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and maths word problems about shops, school fairs and cake stalls; the takings are the total money taken in. To find takings, add the money from each sale or multiply price × number sold. US English more often says «receipts» or «sales».

### examples

- The cake stall's takings were 85 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takings/#x1)
- At the end of the day, the shopkeeper counted the takings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takings/#x2)
- The fair's takings will go to the school library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takings/#x3)
- If we sell 40 cookies at 50p each, our takings will be 20 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takings/#x4)
- The cafe's takings were higher on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takings/#x5)
- Someone stole the takings from the till. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/takings/#x6)

### note

Always plural: «the takings were good», not «the taking was». Takings are the money coming in, before costs are taken away; profit is what is left after costs. In maths: takings = price × number sold, then profit = takings − costs.

### In the corpora

- [Some takings are never found out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/4/)
- [Many people mix up takings and profit; profit is only what is left after costs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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