1) an amount of money which may be taken off the full price, e.g. for quick payment (discount)

2) a quantity (of medicines) to be taken at one time (dose)

3) (an instance of) using exaggerated statement(s) made for effect and not to be taken literally as in 'waves as high as Everest' (hyperbole)

4) (of legal or other rights etc) that cannot be taken away (inalienable)

5) remaining when nothing more is to be taken away; a kind of material with loose threads of cotton, wire etc; an object made using this; to gain (an amount) as a profit (net)

6) a promise, duty or condition that shows what action ought to be taken (e.g. the law, one's duty, a sense of what is right) (obligation)

7) a painful squeeze using the fingers and thumb; an amount which can be taken up with the thumb finger (pinch)

8) powdered tobacco to be taken up into the nose by sniffing; to put out the flame of a candle (snuff)