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Webster 1828 Edition


Retaking

RETA'KING

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ppr.
Taking again; taking from a captor.

RETA'KING

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Noun.
A taking again; recapture.

Definition 2024


retaking

retaking

English

Verb

retaking

  1. present participle of retake

Noun

retaking (plural retakings)

  1. The act of taking again.
    • 2010, Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)
      Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.