takings

Early rave reviews suggest box office takings will also be high when it opens in the rest of Britain on Friday.

An argument over money provokes tit-for-tat hostage-takings between guerrilla commanders.

One can hardly think of late suppers without turning quite away to those ideal tea-takings of the Wordsworths at Grasmere.

Resources do not depend upon gross amounts, but upon the proportion of spendings to takings.

In any case he thought to be astir so timely that he should come alone to his keel, and depart with no leave-takings.

Elnathan Mullet, evidently considering his labors as door-keeper over, was counting his takings by lantern light.

There is something more due a host and hostess than mere greetings on entering and leave-takings on departing.