(BrE) (AmE takeout) (also carry-out AmE, ScotE) noun
1 a restaurant that cooks and sells food that you take away and eat somewhere else:
We can get something to eat from the Chinese takeaway.
2 a meal that you buy at this type of restaurant:
Let's have a takeaway tonight.
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