# takeaway

Pronunciation: say "TAYK-uh-way" /ˈteɪkəweɪ/

## Noun

1. A key idea from a talk, presentation or piece of writing that the audience should remember and consider. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: An important idea from a talk or text that you should remember and think about.
   - _My biggest takeaway from the book is that small habits add up over time._
   - _The key takeaways from the conference fit on a single slide._
2. A meal that is bought and packed so that it can be taken away and eaten somewhere else. *(Australia, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: A meal you buy ready to take away and eat somewhere else.
   - _Neither of us could face the washing-up, so we ordered a curry takeaway._
   - _Half the cartons in the bin were from last week's takeaways._
3. A restaurant that sells food for customers to take away and eat elsewhere. *(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK)*
   - Simple: A restaurant that sells food for you to eat somewhere else.
   - _He worked weekends at his uncle's takeaway, frying chips and taking phone orders._
   - _Most of the takeaways near the station shut by ten._
5. The first part of a golf swing, in which the club is drawn back away from the ball.
   - Simple: The start of a golf swing, when you move the club back from the ball.
   - _A rushed takeaway throws off the timing of the whole swing._
   - _Her coach noticed that the club drifted too far inside on the takeaway._
6. A concession made by a labor union in the course of bargaining with an employer. *(US)*
   - Simple: Something a workers' union agrees to give up while making a deal with an employer.
   - _Management pressed for takeaways on overtime pay, but the union held firm._
   - _The final agreement included a takeaway on pensions in exchange for job guarantees._

## Adjective

4. Of food, intended to be eaten away from the premises where it was bought. *(Commonwealth, Hong Kong, Ireland, Philippines, UK)*
   - Simple: Of food, bought to eat somewhere else, not at the place that sold it.
   - _Takeaway fish and chips, eaten on the sea wall, are the best part of a trip to the coast._
   - _Ordering takeaway noodles has become his Friday-night habit._

## Origin

A noun formed from the verb take away.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/takeaway (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).