Meaning of Taker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who takes something.
2. A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.
3. One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.
4. A nipper or claw of a scorpion.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“She is known as quite a risk⟳ taker.”

“The hostage taker decided to surrender⟳ to the police.”

“The study⟳ could not confirm⟳ the real percentage of drug takers in the country.”

“An athletic kid from New Jersey, Fischer was known as a bold risk⟳ taker — they called him “the fallingest man in climbing” — until an old-school cragger taught him the Zen of controlled ascent.”

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

“Are there any takers for helping me clean⟳ the garage this weekend?”

“I'm selling handmade postcards—any takers?”

“Barely a decade ago, the notion that land⟳ should be managed in order⟳ to ensure planetary wellbeing had few takers among farmers whose raison d'etre was to fill⟳ human bellies at the lowest possible cost⟳. But this is the proposition that is now poised to determine⟳ the future of farming.”

“The ſixt is like⟳ a Crabbe, & this is called by Elianus a flamant Scorpion, it is of a great body, and hath tonges and takers very ſolid and ſtrong, like⟳ the Gramuell or Creuiſh, & is therefore thought to take⟳ the beginning from that fiſh.”

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