gain

1. A quantity that is added (synset 113776433)
   "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
   is a type of: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
   subtypes: accretion - something contributing to growth or increase
   same as: addition, increase
2. The advantageous quality of being beneficial (synset 105164957)
   is a type of: advantage, vantage - the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
   subtypes:

   • account - the quality of taking advantage
   • gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness - the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
   same as: profit
3. The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input (synset 105116624)
   is a type of: increase, increment - the amount by which something increases
   subtypes: loop gain - (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input
   same as: amplification
4. The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating (synset 113275704)
   is a type of: amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money
   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

1. Obtain (synset 202297086)
   "derive pleasure from one's garden"
   is a type of: obtain - come into possession of
   subtypes: draw, reap - get or derive
   same as: derive
2. Win something through one's efforts (synset 202293158)
   "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; "win someone's confidence and friendship"
   is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
   subtypes: cozen - cheat or trick
   same as: acquire, win
3. Derive a benefit from (synset 202295422)
   "She profited from his vast experience"
   is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
   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
   same as: benefit, profit
4. Reach a destination, either real or abstract (synset 202024442)
   "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
   entail: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   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
   same as: arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach
   verb group: make - reach in time
5. Obtain advantages, such as points, etc. (synset 201113439)
   "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; "win points"
   subtypes:

   • steal - steal a base
   • hit, rack up, score, tally - gain points in a game
   same as: advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win
6. Rise in rate or price (synset 200158030)
   "The stock market gained 24 points today"
   is a type of: climb, mount, rise, wax - go up or advance
   same as: advance
7. Increase or develop (synset 200157270)
   "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed"
   is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
   same as: gather
8. Earn on some commercial or business transaction;
   Earn as salary or wages (synset 202294200)
   "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
   is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
   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
   same as: bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in
   verb group:

   • make - act in a certain way so as to acquire
   • clear, net, sack, sack up - make as a net profit
9. Increase (one's body weight) (synset 200045868)
   "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
   is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
   subtypes:

   • fill out, flesh out, round - become round, plump, or shapely
   • pack on - gain (weight)
   same as: put on

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