Cultivate the receiver of the takings?
I believe the answer is:
till
'cultivate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the receiver of the takings?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'receiver of the takings?' becomes 'ill' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't'+'ill'='TILL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for till that I've seen before include "cash container" , "Work the soil" , "Prepare land for cultivation by ploughing etc" , "Drawer holding money in shop." , "Container for money" .)