Noun

(en noun)

The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.

His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10 citation

, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

(rhetoric) Assumptio.

Noun

The act by which something is taken.

* 2010 , Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)

Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.

(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.

(uncountable) An apprehension.

(countable) That which has been gained.

Count the shop's takings .