taking

Capturing interest; fetching.

Contagious; catching. Used of an infectious disease.

The act of one that takes.

Something taken, as a catch of fish.

An action by a government, especially under the power of eminent domain, that deprives a private owner of real property or of the use and enjoyment of that property.

Receipts, especially of money.

The act of one who takes, in any sense.

The state of being taken; especially, a state of agitation, distress, or perplexity; predicament; dilemma.

That which takes.

Hence— An attack of sickness; a sore.