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take

1. Hunting the number of quarry killed or captured on one occasion

2. Informal chiefly US the amount of anything taken, esp money

3. Films Music

a. one of a series of recordings from which the best will be selected for release

b. the process of taking one such recording

c. a scene or part of a scene photographed without interruption

4. Med informal

a. any objective indication of a successful vaccination, such as a local skin reaction

b. a successful skin graft

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