taker

From Middle English takere, equivalent to take +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪkɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

taker (plural takers)

1. One who takes something.

   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.

2. 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. One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.
   • 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

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

   I'm selling handmade postcards - any takers?

• (one who takes): See Thesaurus:taker

• (one who takes): See Thesaurus:giver

• piss-taker

• taking

• get
• receive

• Akter, kerat-, tarek, trake

Shortening of takirub.

• Hyphenation: ta‧ker

taker

1. a minx

taker

1. minxish

From Proto-West Germanic *taikur. Cognates include Old English tācor and Old High German zeihhur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːker/

tāker m

1. brother-in-law

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN