(transitive) To absorb or comprehend. / (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home. / (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.

plural of taking

To acquire, bring in, or introduce. / (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit. / (idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility for. / (idiomatic) To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with.

(idiomatic) To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master. / (idiomatic) To enter; to go into or move towards. / (idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice. / (idiomatic, of persons) To be attracted to.

present participle of take on

(informal) Corrupt; receiving bribes or other improper payments.

(of a marine region) Under a level of protection where nobody is permitted to remove any fish or other organisms.

(informal) Used to express an imminent attack by whoever is speaking.

(nonstandard, colloquial) simple past tense of take

To regard as. / To consider mistakenly. / (colloquial) To defraud; to rip off.