Noun
government take (plural government takes)
A government's revenue through taxes, royalties and government participation
The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is 'okay' to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is. Howard Dean
Any man who thinks he is going to be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him should take a close look at the American Indian. Henry Ford
Save me from that! To pour your life into sons for eighteen or twenty years, and then have the government take them away and waste them cleaning up after some failure of politics-no thanks. Lois McMaster Bujold
Let Blair and the British government take note and listen. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans. Our people are overjoyed. The land is ours. We are now the rulers and owners of Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe