A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
To work with purpose.
To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
The act by which something is taken.
A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
Alluring; attractive.