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Wangqh2696122 Posted 14 years ago
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Take on or take in?

We're ____ 50 new staff this year as business grows.

A.taking on B. taking in
  

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Which one would you pick? (We will tell you if you are right.)
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I would go for "take on", which means employ. Right?
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Yes.

Take in means to shelter. It can also mean to earn.

She took in stray cats and dogs.
She took in poor people as renters to supplement her meager income.
Our business took in $1 million worth of sales last year for the first time.

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