| caretaker | (noun) a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
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| (noun) an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily | - |
| grubstake | (noun) funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits | - |
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| intake | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, uptake |
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| (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration |
| (noun) an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container | Synonyms: inlet |
| mistake | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, fault |
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| (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, misunderstanding |
| (noun) part of a statement that is not correct | Synonyms: error |
| outtake | (noun) a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film | - |
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| partaker | (noun) someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share | Synonyms: sharer |
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| retake | (noun) a shot or scene that is photographed again | - |
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| reuptake | (noun) a process of using up or consuming again | Synonyms: re-uptake |
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| shiitake | (noun) edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe | Synonyms: Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Lentinus edodes, Oriental black mushroom, shiitake mushroom |
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| stake | (noun) a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground | - |
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| (noun) instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning | - |
| (noun) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) | Synonyms: post |
| (noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stakes, wager |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: interest |
| stakeholder | (noun) someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner | - |
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| stakeout | (noun) surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime) | - |
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| stakes | (noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stake, wager |
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| stocktake | (noun) an instance of stocktaking | Synonyms: stock-take |
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| stocktaker | (noun) an employee whose job is to take inventory | Synonyms: stock-taker |
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| sweepstakes | (noun) a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | - |
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| take | (noun) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | - |
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| (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield |
| takeaway | (noun) the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) | - |
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| (noun) a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures | - |
| (noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeout, takeout food |
| takedown | (noun) a crushing remark | Synonyms: put-down, squelch, squelcher |
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| (noun) (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position | - |
| takeoff | (noun) a departure; especially of airplanes | - |
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| (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: mockery, parody |
| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, travesty |
| (noun) the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne | - |
| takeout | (noun) (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit | - |
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| (noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeaway, takeout food |
| takeover | (noun) a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation | - |
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| (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, putsch |
| taker | (noun) one who takes a bet or wager | - |
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| (noun) one who accepts an offer | - |
| undertaker | (noun) one whose business is the management of funerals | Synonyms: funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician |
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| uptake | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, intake |
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| (noun) a process of taking up or using up or consuming | - |