takings
noun/ˈteɪkɪŋz/
/ˈteɪkɪŋz/
[plural] (British English)- the amount of money that a shop, theatre, etc. receives from selling goods or tickets over a particular period of time
- The box office takings are up on last week.
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingc2, Film and theatrec2, Moneyc2- She was losing about £100 a week in takings.
- Store managers are predicting record takings this Christmas.
- Takings dropped a little this week.
- The shop's new look has boosted its takings considerably.
- the takings from wines and beers
- Burglars forced open the safe containing the weekend takings.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- the day’s
- the week’s
- weekly
- …
- add up
- check
- count
- …
- be up
- rise
- be down
- …
- in takings
- takings from
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