takings

Everyday

(UK, Australia) Takings are the money a shop, cafe, fair or business gets from selling things in a certain time: the day's takings. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and maths word problems about shops, school fairs and cake stalls; the takings are the total money taken in. To find takings, add the money from each sale or multiply price × number sold. US English more often says «receipts» or «sales».

Examples

• The cake stall's takings were 85 pounds. tree →
• At the end of the day, the shopkeeper counted the takings. tree →
• The fair's takings will go to the school library. tree →
• If we sell 40 cookies at 50p each, our takings will be 20 pounds. tree →
• The cafe's takings were higher on Saturday. tree →
• Someone stole the takings from the till. tree →

Note

Always plural: «the takings were good», not «the taking was». Takings are the money coming in, before costs are taken away; profit is what is left after costs. In maths: takings = price × number sold, then profit = takings − costs.