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verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of retake
nounretaking (plural retakings)
plural retakings
- The act of taking again.
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.
2010, Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements, page 75
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