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ˈtake-out, a. and n.
Also take out, takeout.
[f. vbl. phr. to take out: take v. 87.]
A. adj.
1. Chiefly N. Amer. Designed or made to be taken out.
a. Applied to a mechanical device that may be pulled or folded out as required.
1908Sears, Roebuck Catal. 94 Our new model long body runabout... Very large, roomy seat, small take out seat in rear. 1982Motor 3 July 55/1 A glass tilt or take-out sunroof.
b. Applied to prepared food sold for consumption elsewhere. Cf. take-away a. 1.
1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 47/4 (Advt.), Soft ice cream and take out food. 1970Times 29 Jan. 27/3 One of New York's finest restaurants will provide gourmet ‘take-out’ lunches for the hard-pressed executive. 1972B. Garfield Line of Succession (1974) i. 73 Lunch in the office..had been dreary with takeout food. 1975New Yorker 21 July 83/2 Ken and Eve do a pretty good take⁓out-sandwich business at noon with people who work in the neighbourhood.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by the sale of prepared food for consumption elsewhere. Cf. take-away a. 2. orig. U.S.
1941J. M. Cain Mildred Pierce ix. 177 Pies she hoped to sell to the ‘take-out’ trade. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 2 July 30/1 One chain of sandwich shops, which does a large volume of ‘take out’ business. 1962Advance Mar. 7/1 If you deliver take-out orders for restaurants, the pay is $20 a week and two meals a day. 1970New Yorker 15 Aug. 22/1 Dialogue overheard in the take-out line of a midtown coffee shop. 1972J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) xi. 183 He boxed some chicken..for a take-out customer. 1975Times 8 Feb. 7/1 Simple fish-and-chip shops with a take-out counter and a few tables. 1977Belfast Tel. 17 Jan. 15/7 (Advt.), Capable person to organise and run Safari Take-Out Cafe.
3. Bridge. Designating a bid or call that takes the bidder's partner out (see take v. 87 k); take-out double = informatory double s.v. informatory a. b.
1945Phillips & Reese How to play Bridge 62 When a double is made for that reason it is called an ‘informatory’ or ‘take-out’ double. 1959Listener 15 Jan. 146/2 A take-out bid might induce partner to bid too many diamonds. 1962Ibid. 3 May 790/2 The take-out call. 1964[see informatory a. b]. 1967R. L. Frey et al. Bridge Players' Encycl. 298/2 Negative double, the original name for a take-out double, in general use from 1915 to 1930, about which time the term ‘informatory’ became current. 1972Times 23 Sept. 9/4 East read more in North's take-out double than in his partner's show of strength.
B. n.
1. Bridge. An act of taking out (see take v. 87 k).
1917E. Bergholt Royal Auction Bridge (1918) 88 The ‘weakness take-out’ or ‘rescue’ is obligatory in all suits, but the ‘strength take-out’ only in hearts or spades. 1927[see denial 6]. 1945Phillips & Reese How to play Bridge 62 If partner has not spoken, or has simply passed, a double of One or Two of a suit is for a take-out. 1962Times 14 Nov. 17/2 The Double which may be either for a penalty or a take-out. 1977Times 10 Dec. 13/4 Opponents double for a take-out whenever they can afford the risk.
2. U.S. A tax deducted from winnings on a horse-race.
1946Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. 8/3 In some states as much as twelve per cent is deducted from every dollar won to cover breakage, track takeout and state and Government taxes. 1954Ibid. 17 Feb. 20/5 With the present 10-cent take-out Maryland mile tracks are producing the highest revenue in proportion to the population in the area of any state in the nation. 1971L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports x. 183 There is a ‘take-out’—a tax—that is removed from the pool before winnings are returned. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. d17/4 Plans to reduce the parimutuel takeout at New York Racing Association tracks.
3. In Bowls, the knocking of an opponent's wood away from the jack; in Curling, the striking of an opponent's stone out of play.
1959Times 19 Aug. 4/5 Either by direct scoring, or through judicious take-outs, he swung the outcome by 15 shots on six of the seven ends. 1961J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 441 Take out (curling), striking a stone hard enough to remove it from rings. 1962Times 16 Aug. 3/5 A. R. Allen..successfully essayed take-outs of varying strengths. 1964[see Canuck].
4. U.S. A special article in a newspaper or journal printed without a break in successive columns or pages so that it can be easily removed.
1961in Webster. 1980Collins & Lapierre Fifth Horseman i. 37 When..doing a major take-out on violent crime in the city. 1981B. Granger Schism xv. 135 The phenomenon is the story here. UPI already has quite a long takeout on it.
5. A shop selling prepared food or drink for consumption away from the premises. Cf. take-away n. 3. orig. and chiefly N. Amer.
1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 36/7 (Advt.), Chicken takeout and snack bar, close to city. 1972Even. Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 29 June 22/6 (Advt.), Commercial site. Formerly used as a Pizza Take-Out. 1972Guardian 5 Sept. 17/6 Pizza parlours in Paddington and chop-suey ‘takeouts’ in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. 1978Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. f 8/10 (Advt.), Bar & Grill. Liquor, beer & wine takeout.
▸ N. Amer. colloq. Take-away food; a take-away meal. Cf. carry-out n.
1953Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 6 May 21 (advt.) Hamburgers! Bratwurst! The finest coffee in town! Take outs. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Mag. June 61/1 An excellent family-run, cafe-type spot advertising take-outs and catering. 1987New Yorker 19 Jan. 29/1 Then T. J. McAnders..dashed in, picked up boxes of takeout,..and left. 1997K. Reichs Déjà Dead ii. 29, I ordered a Shish Taouk and Shawarma plate to go... While I waited for the take-out I perused the buffet selections. |