The term ‘meeting takeaway’ is used widely in today’s business and project worlds. The word ‘takeaway’ originated in the 16th century and combined the words ‘take’ and ‘away’. In those days it was a verb and associated with the receipt or giving of something.
The verb became a noun in the 20th century: a subtracted amount, a railcar for removing logs, and food cooked in one place and eaten in another (the American ‘takeout’). It also became a sporting term to mean the act of ‘stealing’ a ball from an opposing team or that first and all so important rearward swing of a golf club. Continue reading