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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 Gains from wikipedia
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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
capital gains tax (CGT) is a tax on the
profit realized on the sale of a non-inventory ****et. The most
common capital gains are
realized from the sale...
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Courtney Gains (born
August 22, 1965) is an
American actor best
known for his
portrayal of
Malachai in the 1984
horror movie Children of the Corn.
Gains achieved...
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capital gains. The tax rate
depends on both the investor's tax
bracket and the
amount of time the
investment was held. Short-term
capital gains are taxed...
- 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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redemption or sale of a bond as a
capital gain. Bond
capital gains are
calculated in the same
method as
other capital gains,
whereby “the
difference between the...
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design and
renovation that
aired on HGTV. The
series stars Chip
Gaines and
Joanna Gaines, a
married couple who own a home
renovation and
redecoration business...
- include, but are not
limited to:
Gains from
demutualization - this
example can lead to
especially large windfall gains. A
study in 1999 into the potential...
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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...
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relative gains will
limit that
cooperation due to the low
quality of
information about other states'
behavior and interests.
Relative gain is related...