gain
Noun
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is a type of: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantitysubtypes: accretion - something contributing to growth or increase
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subtypes:
- account - the quality of taking advantage
- gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness - the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
same as: profit -
subtypes: loop gain - (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the inputsame as: amplification
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subtypes:
- financial gain - the amount of monetary gain
- paper profit - an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price
Verb
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is a type of: obtain - come into possession ofsame as: derive
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subtypes: cozen - cheat or trick
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subtypes:
- cash in on - take advantage of or capitalize on
- profiteer - make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
- capitalise, capitalize, take advantage - draw advantages from
- pyramid - enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
- clear, net, sack, sack up - make as a net profit
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subtypes:
- catch up - reach the point where one should be after a delay
- scale, surmount - reach the highest point of
- access, get at - reach or gain access to
- bottom out - reach the low point
- peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
- breast, summit - reach the summit (of a mountain)
- top - reach or ascend the top of
- make - reach in time
- find - succeed in reaching; arrive at
- culminate - reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
- come through, get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
- ground, run aground - hit or reach the ground
verb group: make - reach in time -
same as: advance
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is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amountsame as: gather
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subtypes:
- eke out, squeeze out - make by laborious and precarious means
- profit, turn a profit - make a profit; gain money or materially
- rake off - take money from an illegal transaction
- bring home, take home - earn as a salary or wage
- rake in, shovel in - earn large sums of money
- gross - earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
- bear, pay, yield - bring in
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is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or actionsame as: put on
Found on Word Lists
- Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
- Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
- Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
- Verbs of buying, selling, owning
- Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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