TAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taker mean? 

• TAKER (noun)
  The noun TAKER has 2 senses:

1. one who accepts an offer

2. one who takes a bet or wager

  Familiarity information: TAKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who accepts an offer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("taker" is a kind of...):

client; customer (someone who pays for goods or services)

Derivation:

take (receive willingly something given or offered)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One who takes a bet or wager

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("taker" is a kind of...):

better; bettor; punter; wagerer (someone who bets)

Derivation:

take (accept or undergo, often unwillingly)

 Context examples 

In vain I searched among the groups of travellers and leave-takers for the lithe figure of my friend.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There were no takers.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)