intake

IPA: ˈɪnteɪk

The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
The quantity taken in.
An act or instance of taking in.
The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
A tract of land enclosed.
(UK, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

Examples of "intake" in Sentences

And in some of the poorest populations, about 80 percent of the carbohydrate intake is from white rice.
But there are mysteries - who goes to the markets and whose culinary intake is restricted by the ration book?
Well, the way our office worked, you sat down and, about every two weeks, and did what we called intake, and it still works that way.
Of course, even in organs of the type A or B, the underlying mechanism of oxygen intake is identical to that in case A: oxygen diffuses in thru the cell membranes.
When water at the intake is at extreme low level, there is thus an additional discharge area of approximately 300 square feet cross section over the depressed section.
Controlling your energy intake is much easier and more effective than attempting to increase your energy output, especially if you have no established exercise routine.
Kaayla Daniels, Ph. D., author of "The Whole Soy Story," suggests that soy's negative impact on the thyroid occurs mostly when isoflavone intake is more than 30 mg daily.
"As such anybody can buy ALC at the nearest health food store and reading the instructions on the label intake two Carnitine tablets or caplets a day, preferably on an empty stomach.
If the US consumes X quantity of salt each year and there are 300 mil Americans, it does not follow that my salt intake is x divided by 300 mil nor does it mean that I cannot have a kosher pickle.