takings

Money coming in

Takings are money received, especially by a business from sales: The day's takings were better than expected.

The word usually appears in plural form and often with a possessive or article.

In legal contexts, takings refers to government seizure of private property, as in takings clause—the constitutional provision requiring compensation when the state takes land.

revenue

receipts

Transaction documentation

gross · sales · turnover · cashflow · gate · box office · till · register · profits · returns

seizure

expropriation

Government taking private property

nationalization · impoundment · requisition · confiscation · dispossession · eminent domain · sequestration · distraint · attachment · garnishment

haul

loot

Stolen valuables

  • bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
  • spoilsSeized war gains
  • plunderGoods seized violently

swag · catch · bounty · prize · trove · stash · pickings · heist · robbery · theft

Categories
Opposites
financial flow direction

takingsexpenditure

Money paid out

expenses · outgoings · payments · spending · outlays

financial outcome

takingslosses

Things subtracted from standing

loss · deficit · shortfall · deficits · debt

Phrases
Family

taking, retaking, overtaking

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