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Princeton's WordNet

  1. takernoun

    one who accepts an offer

  2. takernoun

    one who takes a bet or wager

Wiktionary

  1. takernoun

    One who takes something.

  2. takernoun

    A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.

    I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker.

  3. takernoun

    One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Takernoun

    He that takes.

    Etymology: from take.

    He will hang upon him like a disease,
    He is sooner caught than the pestilence,
    And the taker runs presently mad. William Shakespeare.

    The dear sale beyond the seas encreased the number of takers, and the takers jarring and brawling one with another, and foreclosing the fishes, taking their kind within harbour, decreased the number of the taken. Carew.

    The far distance of this county from the court hath heretofore afforded it a supersedeas from takers and surveyors. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

    Berry coffee and the leaf tobacco, of which the Turks are great takers, condense the spirits, and make them strong. Francis Bacon.

    Few like the Fabii or the Scipio’s are,
    Takers of cities, conquerors in war. John Denham.

    He to betray us did himself betray,
    At once the taker, and at once the prey. John Denham.

    Seize on the king, and him your prisoner make,
    While I, in kind revenge, my taker take. Dryden.

    Rich cullies may their boasting spare,
    They purchase but sophisticated ware:
    ’Tis prodigality that buys deceit,
    Where both the giver and the taker cheat. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. taker

    A taker is an individual or entity who accepts or obtains something that is being offered or is available. This term is often used in various contexts such as finance, where it refers to a person who buys a commodity or service, and law, where it refers to a person who inherits property.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Takernoun

    one who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends

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Anagrams for taker »

  1. trake

  2. kerat

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of taker in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of taker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of taker in a Sentence

  1. Andreas Park:

    I think this move pre-empts regulation, or a cap on fees as it were, I think this is also a nod toward brokers who are not very happy about having to pay high taker fees.

  2. Police Chief Charles Kimble:

    It was a call for a psychiatric person, but as the call taker was listening to the caller, if certain things are said, or certain things are heard, then it prompts a different response... It prompted a police response, and it prompted a response from fire and medics who were standing by.

  3. Mike Stice:

    He was a risk taker beyond most people’s comfort level.

  4. Lester Ross:

    China is still fundamentally looking at this as though it is an IP taker rather than an IP creator.

  5. Bertrand Grabowski:

    For both Boeing and Airbus, the question still isn't whether or not all the aircraft they produce will have a taker, but who this taker will be and at what price.

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