taking

noun

act of acquiring, receiving
act of coming to a subjective understanding
need, requiring
tolerate
cause (to be)
The act of swindling/robing someone of something.
the act or process of being taken by surprise
the act or process of becoming fond of
the act or process of choosing a public location or throughway as a place to congregate or enact a course of action

take, acquire, come to have, choose, bring with you from somewhere, internalize, ingest

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, take + -ing.

Alluring; attractive.
“[…] a Proteus-Devil appeared unto him, changing into Shapes, but fixing himself at last into the form of a Fair Woman. Strange, that Satan (so subtil in making his Temptations most taking) should preferre this form […]”
“His speech from the hustings was very original, and therefore very taking.”
Infectious; contagious.
“All the stor’d vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! Strike her young bones, You taking airs, with lameness!”
“Come not near me, For I am yet too taking for your company.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, take + -ing.

The act by which something is taken.
“At the taking of the stockade he had distinguished himself greatly by the methodical ferocity of his fighting.”
“Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.”
A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
“What a taking was hee in, when your husband askt who was in the basket?”
“"[...] at last, he proceeded from staring to touching; he put out his hand and stroked one curl, as gently as if it were a bird. He might have stuck a knife into her neck, she started round in such a taking. "'Get away, this moment! How dare you touch me? Why are you stopping there?' she cried, in a tone of disgust. [...]”
Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
“Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.”
“Count the shop's takings.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, take + -ing.

present participle and gerund of take
“Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.”