The act of delivering or conveying something.
Delivery in childbirth.
The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
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.