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Definition of gain:
1. 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.
2. Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
3. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; - opposed to loss.
4. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
5. 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.
6. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
7. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
8. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
9. 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.
10. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
Synonyms:
appear, slang, strike, master, illuminate, slay, reach out, proliferation, gather, accretion, tally, increment, come by, money, meet, form, mend, construct, make up, extend to, induce, yield, turn in, make capital out of something, recuperate, pass water, collide with, capitalize, top, name, view, get together, take advantage of something, create, step change, impinge on, makeover, broker-dealer, dispatch, arrive at, invite, brighten, procure, incentive, establish, piddle, move on, pull in, put one over, fetch, ca-ca, realize, bear market, evolve, chance upon, do good, nominate, draw in, bring home the bacon, cook, come along, do, deliver the goods, pull, chance on, touch, hand, elevate, sack up, imbibe, compass, tick, accession, wear, strive, merit, sop up, bottom line, take a leak, progress to, leap at the chance/opportunity/offer, rally, move in, assoil, further, larn, realise, gain ground, fool, assimilate, overhear, develop, asset, supercharge, take a shit, receive, turn a profit, virtue, exculpate, exonerate, deduct, find, understand, recover, deserve, plus, learn, set ahead, earn, pick up, pretend, summation, get into, acquire, bump off, arrive, attract, shed light on, incoming, shape up, boost, pee-pee, privilege, bear, mount, foregather, straighten out, actualize, self-improvement, pass on, throw, strain, keep time, suck, succeed, lucre, get on, add-on, urinate, bullish, unclutter, crap, increase, improve, cause, build up, get hold of, light up, come on, pee, operating profit, authorise, seize an opportunity/chance, discover, get to, supplement, net, shoot, net income, come in, have, come across, sack, bid price, draw, help, receipts, start, prepare, run into, conglomerate, rise, a change for the better/worse, off, cod, consume, adopt, clear, accumulate, rack up, addendum, return, raise, uptick, make, descend, accrual, throw out, promote, bull, defecate, ready, absorb, wee-wee, march on, piss, happen upon, improver, come through, augmentation, produce, pile up, stimulate, take up, crystallise, take on, pull together, land, ingest, dividend, exploit, relieve oneself, build, gather in, more, assemble, lay down, gross, bring forward, wee, fix, give, attain, authorize, hit, make believe, gross profit, turn over, derive, leap, puddle, repay, development, tick away, take a crap, edge, acquit, don, proceeds, suck up, infer, growth, shit, kick upstairs, discharge, hit on, crystalize, actualise, cumulate, sort out, pay, stool, assume, make headway, contact, agnise, convalesce, pull ahead, reach, strike the hour, get along, perk up, encourage, come around, light upon, recognise, upswing, get through, trump card, health, come to, seduce, put on, come upon, agnize, suck in, murder, solve, tuck, get ahead, enlighten, percentage, gross margin, profit margin, recognize, pip, expansion, make water, hold, garner, lose, dupe, amass, crystalise, bid, clear up, earnings, introduce, turnaround, see, amplification, revenue, get in, deduce, watch, profits, pucker, score, net profit, upgrade, take in, crystallize, enter, apply, befool, payoff, soak up, put one across, pass, rate, bearish, step-up, substantiate, gull, pull down, educe, fall upon, bondholder, bring, forgather, bull market, accept, go on, stumble, work, bring in, micturate, collect, jump at, grasp, remove, polish off, cop, spend a penny, constitute, elucidate, grow, accomplish
improvement (part of speech: noun)
refinement, progression, betterment, garnishment, furtherance, enhancement, enrichment, embellishment, improvement, advancement, renovation, correction, elaboration
acquisition (part of speech: noun)
procurement, assumption, purchase, claim, annexation, collection, addition, accumulation, appropriation, acquisition
benefit (part of speech: noun)
prosperity, boon, bonus, blessing, good, favor, progress, success, benefit, promotion, advantage, profit
approach (part of speech: verb)
loom, come, impend, converge, advance, close, approach, access, near
capture (part of speech: verb)
take, obtain, abduct, collar, win, get, catch, achieve, capture, apprehend, secure, snatch, seize, occupy, snare, arrest
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