gaining

verbnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈɡeɪnɪŋ//

Gain; profit.

verb

1
Also a form of gainpresent participle and gerund of gain

noun

1
Gain; profit.
[…] yet, when the Doctor was about it, he might as well have told the public, that my gainings were annually thirty thousand, instead of three […]

Forms

plural: gainings

gain · To acquire possession of.Gain · A surname.Gaines · A surname.

gaining · Gain; profit.

gains · Increase in muscle mass.gal · A young woman or girl; generally a form of rural Southern…Gal · The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.

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