takings
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tak·ings /ˈteɪkɪŋz/ noun [plural] BBTthe money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods over a particular period of time 营业收入，营业额the day’s/week’s etc takings He counted the night’s takings. 他算了算当晚的营业额。bar/box-office etc takings Cinema box-office takings in 2001 were £600m. 2001年电影的票房收入为6亿英镑。► see thesaurus at profitExamples from the Corpus
takings• Dry manager Leroy Richardson was frogmarched to a safe containing the weekend's takings.• You were after the takings, weren't you?• Checking the takings late at night is no substitute for a proper budgetary control system.• They front the firm and hand over half the takings to the police, otherwise they get visits from gun-toting goons.• A percentage of the takings is usually allocated to advertising: this is the advertising budget.• In it they found and pocketed several thousand pounds, the takings of the bingo hall, then left.• The takings from calls were less than £25,000.• The profits grew and the bank manager began to smile at Carrie whenever she paid in the weekly takings.bar/box-office etc takings• Everything was down, subscriptions and bar takings, caddie and green fees.• Last season £18,000 in bar takings were found to be missing but no culprit was ever found.• And if there are no bar takings then there will be no future performances.• But the real reason the bar takings.From Longman Business Dictionarytakingstak‧ings /ˈteɪkɪŋz/ noun [plural]ACCOUNTINGFINANCE the money that a business such as a shop or bank gets from selling its goods or services in a particular period of timeThis shop’s takings are down by half, compared to this time last year.tak·ings nounChineseSyllable
the money Business a that business, shop Corpus etc
takings
tak‧ings /ˈteɪkɪŋz/
noun [plural]the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods over a particular period of time
the day’s/week’s etc takings
He counted the night’s takings.
bar/box-office etc takings
Cinema box-office takings in 2001 were £600m.
▪ profit money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid: Our profits are down this year. | The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.
▪earnings the profit that a company makes: The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results. | Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.
▪return the profit that you get from an investment: You should get a good return on your investment. | We didn’t get much of a return on our money. | They’re promising high returns on investments of over $100,000.
▪turnover the amount of business done during a particular period: The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200 bn.
▪takings the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc: He counted the night’s takings. | This week’s takings are up on last week’s.
▪interest money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there: They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3000. | The money is still earning interest in your account.
▪dividend a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company: Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share. | The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.
tak‧ings /ˈteɪkɪŋz/
noun [plural]the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods over a particular period of timethe day’s/week’s etc takings
bar/box-office etc takings
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