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View usage for: (pɪkɪŋz) plural nounYou can refer to the money that can be made easily in a particular place or area of activity as the pickings. Traditional hiding places are easy pickings for experienced burglars. Other rich pickings, including season ticket sales, are expected to exceed last year's£3m. More Synonyms of pickings pickings in British English (ˈpɪkɪŋz) plural noun(sometimes singular) money, profits, etc, acquired easily or by more or less dishonest means; spoils Examples of 'pickings' in a sentencepickings Definition money or profits acquired easily Sporting events provide rich pickings for unscrupulous touts. Synonyms profits returns rewards earnings yield loot plunder gravy (slang, old-fashioned) booty ill-gotten gains Additional synonymsDefinition the amount of money obtained from an event or activity The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief. Synonyms income, profit, revenue, returns, produce, products, gain, earnings, yield, receipts, takings Definition valuables seized during war Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils. Synonyms booty, loot, plunder, gain, prizes, prey, pickings, pillage, swag (slang), boodle (slang, US), rapine- pick your way
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