noun
Definition 1
Money taken in business, receipts.
Source: Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: Quite often a small businessman will arrive [at the bank] late in the day to pay in takings. 'There are going to be security implications if they are sent away with a lot of cash and told to come back another time.'
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk 05/09/2009 (on reducing bank opening times in view of prevailing use of cash machines and on-line banking)