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What's The Definition Of Gain?
[n] the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
[n] the advantageous quality of being beneficial [n] the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating [n] a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" [v] increase (one's body weight) [v] increase in; "gain momentum"; "gain nerve" [v] rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" [v] obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [v] reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made the plane"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [v] win something through one's efforts [v] earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [v] derive benefit from [v] obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gain: addition | advance | advance | amplification | arrive at | attain | benefit | bring in | clear | derive | earn | gain ground | get ahead | hit | increase | make | make | make headway | profit | pull ahead | pull in | put on | reach | realise | realize | take in | win | win Related Terms | Find terms related to Gain: accept | access | accession | accomplish | accretion | accrual | accrue | accruement | accumulate | accumulation | achieve | achievement | acquire | acquisition | addition | admit | advance | advantage | aggrandizement | ameliorate | amend | amplification | appreciate | appreciation | approach | argue into | arrive | arrive at | arrive in | ascent | assume | attain | attain to | attainment | augmentation | avail | available gain | bag | balloon | 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| neat profit | net | net profit | obtain | operational gain | outdistance | outpace | output lag | outrun | outsail | outstrip | outtalk | overhaul | overtake | paper profits | pass | pay | payment | pelf | percentage | perfect | perk | perk up | perks | perquisite | persuade | pick up | pickings | pop up | prevail on | prevail upon | prevail with | proceeds | process lag | procure | produce | productiveness | profit | profits | progress | proliferate | proliferation | pull down | pull in | punch in | raise | rake-off | rally | reach | realize | reap | receipts | receive | recuperate | remedy | renew | return | returns | revenue | ring in | rise | roll in | run | run up | sack | score | secure | sell | sell one on | shape up | share | shoot up | show improvement | show up | sign in | skyrocket | snowball | snowballing | spread | store | strengthen | succeed | surge | sway | swell | swelling | take | take in | take off | take on | take over | take the cake | take-in | talk into | talk over | throughput | time constants | time in | time lead | tumescence | turn up | up | upping | upsurge | upswing | uptrend | upturn | wangle | wangle into | wax | waxing | wealth | wear down | welcome | welfare | well-being | widen | widening | win | win out | win over | win the battle | win the laurels | win the palm | win the prize | win through | winnings | world of good | yield See Also | access | account | accretion | acquire | advantage | amount | amount of money | bear | bottom out | breast | bring home | capitalise | capitalize | cash in on | catch up | change state | climb | come through | cozen | culminate | draw | eke out | fill out | financial gain | find | get | get at | get through | go | gross | ground | hit | increase | increase | increment | indefinite quantity | locomote | loop gain | mount | move | obtain | pack on | pay | peak | profit | profitability | profitableness | profiteer | pyramid | rack up | rake in | rake off | reach a peak | reap | rise | round | run aground | scale | score | shovel in | squeeze out | steal | sum | sum of money | surmount | take advantage | take home | tally | travel | turn | turn a profit | vantage | wax | yield Gain In Webster's Dictionary \Gain\ (g[=a]n), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.)
A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist,
or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive
the end of the floor beam.
\Gain\, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. {Ahain}.] Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] \Gain\ (g[=a]n), n. [OE. gain, gein, ga[yogh]hen, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. {Gain}, v. t.] 1. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to {loss}. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. --Phil. iii. 7. Godliness with contentment is great gain. --1 Tim. vi. 6. Every one shall share in the gains. --Shak. 2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. ``The lust of gain.'' --Tennyson. \Gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. vei[eth]r hunting, AS. w[=a][eth]u, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See {Gain}, n., profit.] 1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living. What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? --Matt. xvi. 26. To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. --Milton. For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease. --Pope. 2. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize. 3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate. If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. --Matt. xviii. 15. To gratify the queen, and gained the court. --Dryden. 4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor. Forded Usk and gained the wood. --Tennyson. 5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs. or Ironical] Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. --Acts xxvii. 21. {Gained day}, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth. {To gain ground}, to make progress; to advance in any undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent. {To gain over}, to draw to one's party or interest; to win over. {To gain the wind} (Naut.), to reach the windward side of another ship. Syn: To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain; achieve. Usage: See {Obtain}. -- {To Gain}, {Win}. Gain implies only that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it in competition with others. A person gains knowledge, or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle with others. \Gain\, v. i. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion. --Ezek. xxii. 12. {Gaining twist}, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle. {To gain on} or {upon}. (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land. (b) To obtain influence with. (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest. (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of. The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. --Addison. My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. --Swift. |
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