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Gain
Gain 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.
GainGain 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.] GainGain 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. GainGain 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.
Meaning of Gained from wikipedia
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British Empire, with
their independence days. Some
countries did not
gain their independence on a
single date,
therefore the
latest day of independence...
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Gain or
GAIN may
refer to:
Gain (electronics), an
electronics and
signal processing term
Antenna gain Gain (laser), the
amplification involved in laser...
- A
gainer is the
acrobatic trick of
performing a
backwards somersault while still moving forward. In diving, this is
known as
reverse rotation (as opposed...
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Primary gain and
secondary gain, and more
rarely tertiary gain, are
terms used in
medicine and
psychology to
describe the
significant subconscious psychological...
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Gain-of-function
research (GoF
research or GoFR) is
medical research that
genetically alters an
organism in a way that may
enhance the
biological functions...
- No pain, no
gain (or "No
gain without pain") is a proverb, used
since the 1980s as an
exercise motto that
promises greater value rewards for the price...
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Gaines may
refer to:
United States Gaines, Michigan, a
village Gaines Township,
Genesee County, Michigan, a
civil township in
which the
above village...
- In electronics,
gain is a
measure of the
ability of a two-port
circuit (often an amplifier) to
increase the
power or
amplitude of a
signal from the input...
- Pain &
Gain is a 2013
American action comedy film
directed by
Michael Bay and
starring Mark Wahlberg,
Dwayne Johnson, and
Anthony Mackie. The film is loosely...
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amount it was
bought for. The tax rate of the
capital gains tax
depends on how much
profit you
gained and also on how much
money you make annually. For example...
