ontake

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- +‎ take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”). === Verb === ontake (third-person singular simple present ontakes, present participle ontaking, simple past ontook, past participle ontaken) (transitive) To take on; undertake; assume. (transitive, UK dialectal) To undertake a debt. === Noun === ontake (plural ontakes) A taking on; that which is taken on; acquisition. 1982, Glückauf: Volume 118, Issues 19-24: In very faulted seam zones unduly high power ontakes of the plough drives showed that the set values were already too high. ==== Derived terms ==== ontake debt === Anagrams === Konate, take on, toaken, aketon, Keaton, no-take