Gain

Definition: Gain

Gain

Noun

1. A quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks".

2. The advantageous quality of being beneficial.

3. The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input.

4. The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating.

Verb

1. Obtain: "derive pleasure from one's garden".

2. Win something through one's efforts.

3. Derive benefit from.

4. Reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made the plane"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts".

5. Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "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".

6. Rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today".

7. Increase in; "gain momentum"; "gain nerve".

8. Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "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".

9. Increase (one's body weight).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Gain \Gain\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Gained(g[=a]nd); Gaining.]. (references)

Aerospace

Computing

Electrical Engineering

Finance

Industry

Medicine

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

GAIN

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Gain

Acquisition

Verb: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect; (assemble); pick, pickup; glean.

Good

Noun: good, benefit, advantage; improvement; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum, common weal; "consummation devoutly to be wished"; gain, boot; profit, harvest.

Increase

Noun: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation; (expansion); increment, accretion; accession; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent; exaggeration exacerbation; spread; (dispersion); flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.

Skill

Adjective: skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart; (active); proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant; (knowing).

Crosswords: Gain

Basque (above, on), French (achievement, benefit, earnings, gain, profit, success).

Don't you remember? They gain sons (Shadow of a Doubt; writing credit: Gordon McDonell; Thornton Wilder)

What I did tonight was not about political gain. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Well, pain is gain. (Postcards from the Edge; writing credit: Carrie Fisher)

That is so personal gain. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

It makes you eat and then you gain weight (Late Bloomers; writing credit: Gretchen Dyer)

For me to live is Christ, to die is gain ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans)

We'd gain a lot of ground (Meet In The Middle; performing artist: Diamond Rio)

To gain peace of mind (Crying in the Chapel; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Cuz you ain't gonna gain no clout, no doubt (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT)

Married his own his precious gain (The Prophet's Song; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Brian May)

Without risk, there is no opportunity for gain. (references; author: unknown)

What do 100% of all lottery winners do? Gain weight. (references; author: unknown)

One of life's mysteries is how a two-pound box of candy can make a person gain five pounds. (references; author: unknown)

Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days. (references; author: unknown)

The Barren Gain (1915)

No Gain No Pain (2003)

L' Appât du gain (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Dr. David Reuben's Quick Weight-Gain Program: Safe, Easy Weight Gain for Every Age and Situation (reference)

• Emotional Branding : How Successful Brands Gain the Irrational Edge (reference)

• Gain (reference)

• Office Politics : The Women's Guide to Beat the System and Gain Financial Success (reference)

• Wall Street Secrets for Tax-Efficient Investing: From Tax Pain to Investment Gain (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Find and Gain Access to Capital (reference)

• More Gain, Less Pain (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Full Gain (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Gain Ground (reference)

• SMC Networks SMCANT-DI105 Wireless High Gain 10.5 DBI Antenna (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The metastatic colony is the end result of a complicated multistep process. The tumor cells from a primary tumor invade local tissue and gain access to the venous circulation (intravasation). Circulating tumor cells, singly or in clumps, are transported to target organs where they lodge in the capillary bed. Thus arrested, these tumor cells penetrate the endothelial cell lining and the underlining basement membrane to exit the circulation (extravasation). They then grow as a metastatic colony, a development that requires new blood vessels (neovascularization). To complete this multistep process, the tumor cells must overcome the host's defenses. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

In the bridge laboratory. Left to right: H. Bouree; L. Tinayre; J. Richard. In the rear: the botanist Louis Gain; to the left is Papanicolau, an employee of the oceanographic museum. Plate IV, print 20. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Party on the HIRONDELLE II on August 2, 1914. The ship had been at Havre, but upon the outbreak of World War I, the ship returned to Monaco, arriving August 7 . From left to right kneeling: L. Gain; James de Rothschild; Dr. Louet. Left to right standing: A. Ranc; H. Bouree; A. Fuhrmeister; L. Tinayre; Commander d'Arodes; and J. Richard. Plate IV, print 22. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons' fullback Nate Beard evades Fresno State Bulldogs' Bryce McGill for a seven yard gain during this play in the first quarter of the Silicon Valley Football Classic Dec. 30. The Falcons went on to win the game 37-34. (Air Forc.

Rev. Morrison and Ann Christie (right), NRCS, District Conservationist discuss Morrisons potato crop. A large part of the NRCS mission area is marketing and sales and a visit and a handshake can do a lot to gain a landowners trust. Credit: USDA.

[The Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee tours to gain support for Clinical Center renovation]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

You haven't put down my greatest gain, our realization that we've just begun to fight. Credit: Library of Congress.

What every wife knows. From her husband's discourses a wife may gain a rather hazy idea ... Credit: Library of Congress.

The only way Speaker - "The only way we can gain women's suffrage is by making our appeal through our charm, our grace, and our beauty" / / Held. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hugh McElhenny, University of Washington fullback, being downed by Paul Baldwin, halfback for the University of California, after a two-yard gain in the second quarter of the game played at Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 22, 1949. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He acts also contrary to his trust, when he either employs the force, treasure, and offices of the society, to corrupt the representatives, and gain them to his purposes; or openly preengages the electors, and prescribes to their choice, such, whom he has, by solicitations, threats, promises, or otherwise, won to his designs; and employs them to bring in such, who have promised before-hand what to vote, and what to enact. (Second Treatise of Government)

On what foundation is the present family, the bourgeois family, based? On capital, on private gain. (reference)

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1940)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She was pleased with the eagerness to arrive which had made him alter his plan, and travel earlier, later, and quicker, that he might gain half a day.

Right and Wrong had somehow been transformed into Gain and Loss, and Religion had become a sort of commercial transaction

From that time forth, everything was done on a small, instead of on the large scale, and for gain rather than for good

This was only to gain time

Uncertain way of gain! But I am in So far in blood that sin will pluck on sin.

The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them

Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Excessive gain in weight should be avoided. (references)

But some people on dialysis need to gain weight. (references)

Failure of an infant to gain weight or grow normally. (references)

Business

Terrazzo tiles continue to gain popularity in commercial applications. (references)

Smaller SUV and 4WD vehicles (typically Japanese) tend to gain market share. (references)

The new reality is that almost any organization can gain access to these resources. (references)

Children

Malawi

Accepted economic and social practice hampers the ability of women and girls to gain an education. (references)

Macau

A few other special programs exist, aimed at helping the physically and mentally disabled gain better access to employment, education, and public facilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Romania

Political parties gain legal status if they have at least 10,000 members. (references)

Economic History

Spain

By 2008, they expect to gain 7.5 percent of total market share. (references)

Macau

Output dropped 5% in 1998 and 3% in 1999, with a small 2% gain in 2000. (references)

Chile

The Communist Party again failed to gain any seats in the 2001 elections. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

The militias gain access to these camps through a variety of means, including bribery and threats. (references)

Suriname

When requesting access to individual prisoners, human rights monitors generally gain access quickly. (references)

Gabon

The Government has used them in the past to gain access to the homes of opposition figures and their families. (references)

Indigenous People

Taiwan

Some Aborigine leaders have come to believe that only some form of autonomy can preserve their land rights, which constantly are threatened by Chinese developers who use connections and corruption to gain title to aboriginal land. (references)

Minorities

Mozambique

After several decades of unsuccessful attempts to gain a building permit, the Islamic community began constructing the Grand Mosque in downtown Maputo during the year. (references)

Bulgaria

It further alleged that the Baptists' efforts to build a new medical facility in the region were effectively a bribe to local authorities to gain permission to build a Baptist church in the area. (references)

Political Economy

Hungary

A political party must receive at least 5 percent of all votes to gain representation in Parliament. (references)

Luxembourg

It is predicted that European fund management will gain momentum comparable to that of the U.S. fund market. (references)

JAMAICA

In addition, the amendments grant a right of action against persons who knowingly infringe upon those rights for commercial gain. (references)

Political Rights

Suriname

In the past, most women were expected to fulfill the roles of housewife and mother, thereby limiting opportunities to gain political experience or position. (references)

Honduras

A new political party may gain legal status by obtaining 20,000 signatures and establishing party organizations in at least half of the country's 18 departments. (references)

Trade

Czech Rep

European companies have sought on occasion to use the Czech Republic's interest in EU membership to gain advantage in commercial competition. (references)

Travel

Bahamas

Bahamians at the middle levels of business or Government must often gain final approval from more senior officials. (references)

Korea

As most no-ray-bang machines come equipped with songs in English, a business person may want to be prepared to sing at least one song in order to gain social favor with their Korean counterpart. (references)

Thailand

Business relationships in Thailand are not as formal as those found in Japan, China, Korea or the Middle East, but neither are they as relaxed and impersonal as is common in the West . Many business relationships have their foundations in personal relationships developed within the social circles of family, friends, classmates and office colleagues . Although Thailand is a relatively open and friendly society, it is advisable to approach potential business contacts with a prior introduction or personal reference . Thais will be more receptive if you arrive with an introduction or letter from a known government official or business contact . Using the Commercial Service's Gold Key Program is also an effective way to gain access to the Thai business community. (references)

Women

Portugal

Sexual harassment, a problem that continued to gain public attention, is covered in the Penal Code as a sex crime. (references)

Turkey

The concept of lobbying for women's rights, including changes to the civil code and greater elected representation, continued to gain support. (references)

Albania

The Labor Code mandates equal pay for equal work; however, while women continued to gradually gain economic power this provision was not fully implemented. (references)

Worker Rights

Belgium

Boys who failed to gain a contract sometimes were abandoned by their agents and ended up on the streets. (references)

Ireland

Traffickers who facilitate for gain the entry of illegal immigrants or asylum seekers are liable for fines or imprisonment for terms ranging from 1 to 10 years. (references)

Cambodia

Child labor was not prevalent in the garment industry, although there was at least one instance of a young worker misrepresenting her age to gain employment in a garment factory. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Gain

Expressions using "gain": associated gain ♦ automatic color gain control ♦ automatic colour gain control ♦ automatic gain control ♦ bipolar unity gain ♦ capital gain ♦ chrominance nonlinear gain ♦ dot gain ♦ financial gain ♦ for gain ♦ forward current gain ♦ fraudulent gain ♦ gain a bad reputation ♦ gain a competitive edge ♦ gain a foothold ♦ gain a hearing ♦ gain a victory over smb. ♦ gain admission ♦ gain admission to ♦ gain advantage from ♦ gain an advantage ♦ gain an advantage over smb. ♦ gain by mediation ♦ gain by smth. ♦ gain colour ♦ gain confidence ♦ gain distinction ♦ gain experience ♦ gain flatness ♦ gain friends ♦ gain full play ♦ gain grain ♦ gain ground ♦ gain ground with ♦ gain headway ♦ gain in value ♦ gain in weight ♦ gain independence ♦ gain influence ♦ gain knowledge ♦ gain livelihood ♦ gain momentum ♦ gain on ♦ gain one's cause ♦ gain one's destination ♦ gain one's ends ♦ gain one's knowledge ♦ gain one's living ♦ gain one's spurs ♦ gain over ♦ gain power ♦ gain prize ♦ gain ratio ♦ gain redress ♦ gain smb. over ♦ gain smb.'s confidence in an underhand way ♦ gain smb.'s goodwill ♦ gain speed ♦ gain strenght ♦ gain strength ♦ gain the day ♦ gain the friendship of ♦ gain the start ♦ gain the start of ♦ gain the upper hand ♦ gain time ♦ Gain twist ♦ gain up ♦ gain upon ♦ gain upon one ♦ gain upon smb. ♦ gain value ♦ gain victory ♦ gain vigor ♦ gain wealth ♦ gain weight ♦ genetic gain ♦ heat gain ♦ illicit gain ♦ incidental heat gain ♦ indirect gain ♦ information gain ♦ lateral gain ♦ logarithmic gain ♦ loop gain ♦ love of gain ♦ maximum available gain ♦ no pain no gain ♦ power gain ♦ power gain referred to an isotropic radiator ♦ raise gain ♦ speculative gain ♦ statement of loss and gain ♦ steal a gain upon ♦ to gain a point ♦ To gain ground ♦ To gain on ♦ To gain over ♦ to gain some private ends ♦ To gain the wind ♦ to gain upon. Additional references.

Beginning with "gain": gain-and-loss, gain-frequency, gain-line, gain-race, gain-seeking, gain-sharing, gain-time, gain-time control, gain-to-noise, gain-up.

Ending with "gain": hi-gain, high-gain.

Afrikaans

wins (profit), wen (earn, win), verdien (be, be worthy of, deserve, earn, merit, win), profyt (benefit, profit), belang (account, advantage, benefit, concern, interest, profit), behaal (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, earn, get, obtain, reach, win), baat (account, advantage, avail, benefit, profit). (various references)

Albanian

fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, earn, fight down, gain upon, get, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score, score off, take, touch, win). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاز (achieve, attain, be successful, beat, defeat, get, obtain, overcome, prevail, succeed, triumph over, win, win out), ‏كسب (acquire, acquiring, acquisition, attain, earn, earning, gaining, get, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtain, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning), ‏منال, ‏نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, compass, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, get hold of, get on, implement, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, pull off, put across, realize), ‏نال (acquire, attain, carve, coax, come by, get, get the best of, take, win), ‏حقق إنتصار (carry the day), ‏تقدم الساعة, ‏تحصل (obtain, procure, secure, snaffle, take out), ‏إزداد (augment, grow, heighten, mount, multiply, wax), ‏ثمرة (child, effect, fruit, product, profit, result, upshot), ‏ربح (account, bonus, draw, earning, in pocket, increase, increment, jackpot, lucre, make, pay, payoff, pelf, percentage, pocket, profit, prosperity, revenue, win). (various references)

Bulgarian 

увеличение (accession, accretion, amplification, blowup, enlargement, expansion, increase, increment, magnification, progress, rising, swelling), спечелвам (acquire, attach, carry off, engage, enlist, fetch, get, get the best of it, land, make, obtain, pot, profit, purchase, win, win through), травербан, напредък (advance, advancement, ascent, betterment, headway, improvement, lift, progress), напредвам (advance, develop, forge ahead, get on, go, go ahead, move, move on, move onwards, proceed, progress, push, push forward, push on, push up, roll, walk), получавам (derive, get, have, obtain, receive, touch, turn), подобрявам се (amend, change for the better, pick up, progress), печеля (earn, get, harvest, profit, pull down, realize, score, take in, win), печалба (catch, earnings, income, increase, increment, lucre, plunder, plus, prize, profit, spoil, win, yield), изрез (notch), изгода (account, advantage, convenience, interest, lucre, plunder, profit, spoil), извличам полза (profit), избързвам (hurry), достигам (abut upon, achieve, acquire, carry down, come, come by, come down, fetch, greet, grow, hit, reach, scale, turn, win). (various references)

Chinese 

获取 (Acquire, Acquired, Acquiring, Gained, Gaining), 贏得 (win), 盈利 (profit), 博得 (win), 成果 (achievement, profit, result), 得 (a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect, allow, contented, degree or possibility, finished, get, must, obtain, ought to, permit, proper, proud, ready, suitable, to have to, to need to). (various references)

Czech

zisk (earnings, emolument, lucre, profit, winning), získat (acquire, cajole, capture, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, enlist, get, make, notch up, obtain, pick up, piece up, procure, pull, raise, score, secure, take, win), vydìlat (earn, make, make money), vybojovat (win), výtìžek (returns, yield), výnos (decree, earnings, increment, proceeds, produce, production, return, returns, take, use, yield), předcházet se, přírùstek (acquisition, addition, growth, improvement, increase, increment), dosáhnout (attain, climb, fetch, hammer out, manage, reach, touch), dobýt (capture, conquer, take). (various references)

Danish

vinde (earn, win), fortjene (be worthy of, deserve, earn, merit, win), erhverv (accession, acquisition). (various references)

Dutch

prooi (accession, acquisition, asset, prey), buit (accession, acquisition, asset, booty, capture, catch, prey), acquest (accession, acquisition), aanwinst (accession, acquisition, asset). (various references)

Esperanto

gajno (benefit, profit), gajni (earn, win), profito (profit), plipeziĝi (put on weight), akiraĵo (accession, acquisition). (various references)

Faeroese

vinna (defeat, earn, win, win over). (various references)

Farsi 

سودبردن (Profit), بازیافتن (Recover, Regain, Resume, Retrieve), بهبودی یافتن (Ameliorate, Convalesce, Improve, Mend, Pickup, Pullround, Recover, Recuperate), رسیدن (Accede, Achieve, Aim, Amount, Arrive, Attain, Come, Get, Land, Receive, Strand), استفاده (Avail, Beneficiary, Benefit, Use, Utilization), افزایش 2 (Access, Accession, Accretion, Addendum, Addition, Growth, Increment, Intensification, Summation), صرفه (Advantage), بدست اوردن (Acquire, Attain, Catch, Earn, Enter, Get, Have, Impetrate, Obtain, Procure, Reap, Win), سود (Advantage, Avail, Dividend, Fruit, Good, Grist, Increment, Interest, Lucre, Profit, Utter), فایده بردن (Benefit), کسب کردن , ناءل شدن (Accede, Agree, Attain), نفع , منفعت (Benefit, Payoff, Profit), پیداکردن (Acquire, Detect, Discover), پیشرفتن , زیادشدن (Augment, Grow, Increase, Mount, Proliferate, Wax). (various references)

Finnish

voittaa (be superior to, beat, defeat, derive profit, earn, exceed, gain conquer, get the better of, overcome, profit, surpass, win, win over). (various references)

French

gain, gagner, profit (gaining), bénéfice. (various references)

Frisian

oanwinst (accession, acquisition), oanwinne (put on weight), oanhelje (adopt, cite, freshen, increase, put on weight, quote), fertsjinst (profit, salary, wage, wages), fertsjinje (earn, win), baat (profit). (various references)

German

Gewinn (advantage, asset, benefit, income, prize, profit, return, spoil, spoils, surplus, win, winnings, yield), gewinnen (be victorious, buy, earn, enlist, extract, gather, get, make, mine, obtain, produce, receive, reclaim, recover, take, to extract, to gain, win), vorteil (account, advantage, avail, benefit, good, perk, profit, Van, vantage, virtue), Verstärkung (amplification, boost, boosting, concentration, deepening, fortification, increase, intensification, re enforcement, recruitment, reinforcement, reinforcements, strengthener, strengthening), erringen (achieve, acquire, attain, capture, earn, get, obtain, set, to score, win). (various references)

Greek 

κερδίζω (carry off, earn, get, outpoint, profit, profit from, scoop, win, win out), απολαβή (income, profit, salary). (various references)

Hawaiian

fitoj (earn, win). (various references)

Hebrew 

יתרון (advantage, odds, plus, preponderance, profit, superiority), לזכות (acquit, attain merit, be acquitted, be righteous, earn, merit, pull off, succeed, win), להשיג (accomplish, achieve, acquire, angle, attain, catch hold of, come by, comprehend, fetch, get hold of, grasp, land, obtain, procure, question, reach, secure), להרויח (bring relief, earn, make a profit, pocket, profit), תועלת (advantage, avail, behalf, benefit, good, profit, sake, use, usefulness, utility, value), שלל (booty, haul, loot, pillage, plunder, profit, spoil, take, trophy), שבח (advantage, betterment, commendation, eulogy, glory, improvement, panegyric, praise, superiority), פרי (fruit, offspring, product, profit, result), השג (accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, attainment, exploit, feat, record), הגברה (amplification, enhancement, intensification, reinforcement, strengthening), בצע (avarice, covetousness, greed, lucre, profit). (various references)

Hungarian

nyereség (acquisition, balance in hand, emoluments, gainings, increment, lucre, pickings, plunder, profit, return, takings, thrift), haszon (advantage, avail, benefit, boot, earnings, emoluments, gainings, gains, lucre, plunder, proceeds, profit, return, spoil, use, utility). (various references)

Icelandic

vinningur (profit). (various references)

Indonesian

tambahan (apposition, boost, complement, counterattraction, extra, mend, plus, supplement), merengkuh (attain, get, obtain, reach), mendapat (find, get, need, realize, reap, receive), mencapai (achieve, attain, reach, realize, see: capai), bati. (various references)

Italian

guadagno (accession, account, acquisition, advantage, benefit, earning, earnings, increment, proceeds, profit, reward), profitto (account, advantage, benefit, proceeds, profit, return, utility, yield), guadagnare (benefit, deserve, earn, get, make, profit, rake in, win), vantaggio (account, advantage, asset, avail, behoof, benefit, boon, convenience, forehand, odds, perk, plus, profit, selling point, start, stead, usefulness, utility, vantage, virtue), beneficio (account, advantage, behoof, benefit, blessing, good, kindness, profit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

潤い (damp, moisture, profit, wetness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うるおい (damp, moisture, profit, wetness), ばく (command esteem, commanding esteem, doctor, exhibition, exposition, fair, gaining, Ph.D., receive, receiving, tapir, win acclaim, winning acclaim), りとく (amplification, benefit, profit), ゲイン , やく (about, advantage, approximately, bad luck, being beneficial, benefit, disaster, evil, misfortune, position, profit, role, service, some, to bake, to be envious of, to be jealous of, to grill, use), じつり (practical theory or principle, profit, use, utility), はく (be worn off, chief official, come off, command esteem, commanding esteem, count, counter for nights of a stay, discolor, doctor, earl, eldest brother, exhibition, exposition, fade, fair, gaining, oak, peel off, Ph.D., receive, receiving, to breathe, to brush, to disgorge, to gather up, to put on, to sweep, to tell, to vomit, to wear, uncle, win acclaim, winning acclaim), とりどく (merit, profit, worth), とりえ (merit, profit, redeeming feature, worth), とく (hide, interest, profit, shelter, shield, to advocate, to answer, to dissolve, to explain, to persuade, to preach, to solve, to untie), えき (advantage, battle, being beneficial, benefit, campaign, divination, fluid, fortune-telling, large, liquid, profit, station, use, war). (various references)

Korean 

이익 (Avail, Behalf, Profit, profits). (various references)

Manx

vondeish (acquisition, advantage, benefit, expediency, profit, usefulness), mooadaghey (aggravation, amplify, augment, develop, developing, enlarge, escalate, escalation, exaggerate, exaggeration, exaggerator, expand, expansion, extend, extension, grow, increase, increment, magnification, magnify, maximize, mount, multiplication, multiply, swell), cosney (acquire, acquisition, ascend, ascend hill, clear out, earn, elude, make off, preserve, score, win), cheet er e hoshiaght. (various references)

Norwegian

vinne (earn, win), oppnå (attain, earn, win), gagn (benefit, profit). (various references)

Papiamen

ganashi (benefit, profit), gana (earn, win), atkisishon (accession, acquisition). (various references)

Pig Latin

aingay.(various references)

Polish

zarabiać (earn, win). (various references)

Portuguese

ganho (acquisition, lucre, plunder, profit, return), ganhar (acquire, attain, carry off, earn, gammon, get, make, score, win), vantagem (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, better, bisque, boon, boot, catch, convenience, good, interest, odds, profit, purchase, utility, vantage), proveito (acquisition, advantage, avail, benefit, boot, fruit, good, improvement, interest, profit, return, stead), lucro (avail, benefit, cleanup, emolument, interest, lucre, plunder, profit, return, yield), lucrar (earn, profit, win). (various references)

Romanian

cuceri (bear, captivate, carry, catch, conquer, fetch, seize, subdue, subject, subjugate, take, vanquish, win), a-şi atinge scopurile (gain one's ends), ajunge (accede, accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, become, bump, come, do, end up, get, hit, land, manage, overtake, reach, secure, suffice, that will do, touch), atinge (achieve, attain, compass, concern, contact, feel, hit, hurt, jog, plug, reach, swat, top, touch, trouble, win), avansa (advance, come on, frame, get along with, make way, march on, move, move along, pay in advance, prefer, progress, promote), avantaj (account, advantage, avail, benefit, boon, convenience, edge, good, interest, odds, plus, point, profit, vantage), beneficiu (advantage, benefit, proceeds, profit, return), bine (advantage, allright, aright, blessing, boon, fine, fortune, good, good looking, honorable, honourable, interest, okay, right, rightly, stately, that's settled, up to the mark, well, well then), câştig (advantage, bargain, benefit, boot, catch, draw, earnings, godsend, hand, income, increment, lucre, penny, prize, proceeds, profit, return, revenue, share, use, velvet, windfall), câştiga (acquire, bear away, bear off, carry, carry off, clean, come by, conciliate, conquer, convert, draw the winner, earn, find, gain smb. over, make, obtain, overcome, purchase, score, steal, sweep, take the cake, win), cîştiga (defeat, earn, win, win over), ciubuc (beading, boodle, chibouk, gravy, hookah, list, molding, moulding, ogee, racket, rake off, tip), înainta (advance, enter, forward, get on, go onward, make head, march on, move, prefer, present, progress, promote, refer, remit, send, submit), creştere (accretion, accrual, addition, aggrandizement, augmentation, development, education, enlargement, farming, fosterage, growing, growth, heft, husbandry, increase, increment, jump, nurse, nurture, propagation, rise, rising, upbringing, upsurge), venit (capital, catch, emoluments, income, receipt, rent, revenue, yield), dobândã (interest, proceeds, profit), dobândi (achieve, acquire, attain, come by, come into, derive, earn, find, get, obtain, procure, secure, win), folos (account, advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, boot, catch, efficaciousness, emolument, profit, service, stead, use, utility), mãrire (accretion, aggrandizement, amplification, augmentation, authority, development, enlargement, glory, grandeur, increase, magnification, rise, splendor, splendour, state, sway), obţine profit sau beneficiu, profit (account, advantage, bargain, behoof, benefit, boot, convenience, Favor, favour, good, grist, hand, interest, job, profit, return, use, velvet, yield), profita (impose, profit), progresa (advance, come along, come on, develop, get along, get along with, improve, make, make head, make progress, make way, move), repurta, se îmbunãtãţi (be better, come on, get better, improve), spor (abundance, addition, advancement, benefit, germ, growth, headway, increase, increment, progress, spore, use), triumfa asupra (crow over), creşte în valoare (appreciate, improve). (various references)

Russian 

увеличение (accretion, aggrandizement, aggrandizements, agumentation, amplification, augmentation, enlargement, growth, increase, magnification, multiplication, rise), вырез (cut, indenture, neckline, notch), выгадать (save), выигрывать (pull off, score, wins, won), нажива (lucre, profiteering), зарабатывать на жизнь (earn a living, get a living), барыш (grist, lucre, plunder, profit), б (blank, canteen, ill, market, marriage, of the coast, pole, refuse, scuffle, shave, struggle, tangle, unemployment, warrior), прок, приобретать прирост;увеличение, прибыль (earnings, gainings, head, increment, lucre, margin, profit, return), получать (acquire, charge back, derive, get, got, got [], gotten, have, make, obtain, receive, relish, score a, score an, take), достигать (achieve, approached the, aproached the, arrive, attain, get, overreach, reach, reached, reaching, regain, scored), доход (gainings, income, incomings, proceeds, profit, profitability, profits, rent, revenue, yield), добыть (obtain, scrounge). (various references)

Scottish

coisinn (earn, win). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zauzeti (capture, carry by, occupy, overrun, seize, strike, take), zadobiti (get, obtain, receive, win over), ugojiti se (fill out, gain weight, grow fat), steći (acquire, get, receive, win), napredovanje (advancement, headway, stride), dobit (lucre, makings, prize, profit). (various references)

Spanish

ganar (beat, benefit, best, carry, carry off, deserve, draw, earn, get, get the best of, head, land, make, make money, profit, put over, reclaim, save, take, take on, throw in, walk over, win, win out, win the toss), ganancia (accession, acquisition, asset, benefit, earning, haul, moneymaking, profit, return, revenue), provecho (account, advantage, avail, benefit, disadvantage, interest, percentage, profit), adquisición (accession, acquirement, acquisition, asset, buy, obtainment, purchase, taking, taking over). (various references)

Sranan

wini (benefit, earn, profit, win). (various references)

Swahili

faida (profit). (various references)

Swedish

vinst (prize, profit, scoop, win, yield), vinning (pelf, profit), vinna (acquire, attain, be ahead, conciliate, enlist, obtain, overcome, score, secure, take, win, win out), förvärva (achieve, acquire, aquire, attain, earn, get, obtain), förvärv (accession, acquisition, asset), förtjäna (be worth, deserve, draw, earn, merit, profit, rate, win), förstärkning (amplification, exaggeration, reinforcement, strengthening). (various references)

Thai

เพิ่ม (attach, heighten), ไปถึง (make, reach), ได้รับ (earn, has, have, meet with, obtain), ผลประโยชน์ (benefit, sake), จำนวนที่เพิ่มขึ้น. (various references)

Turkish

kâr (avail, avails, benefit, capital, catch, fruit, gainings, increment, melon, pay dirt, profit, return), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak), artırmak (add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bid up, boom, boost, build up, bump up, compound, deepen, economize, eke out, enhance, escalate, exalt, fade up, heighten, improve, increase, outbid, overbid, put on, put up, raise, run up, save, scale up, screw up, send up, step up, swell out, swell up, up, upgrade, whip up, work up), artma (accession, improvement, increase, increment, pickup, scaling, step up, swell), elde etmek (achieve, acquire, attain, carry, clear, come off, conquer, get, have, make, obtain, procure, purchase, secure, suck, take, win), ileri gitmek (exaggerate, exceed, go too far, progress), çoğalmak (accrue, augment, breed, go off, heighten, increase, mount up, multiply, proliferate, pullulate, reproduce), ilerlemek (advance, develop, forge ahead, get along, go ahead, go along, go forward, go on, improve, keep going, make headway, make one's way, make progress, move, move on, proceed, progress, push on, run on), yarar (account, advantage, avail, benefit, convenience, efficacy, grist to the mill, stead, use, utility), kâr etmek (be in pocket, bring profit, net, profit, realize, reap a profit), kazanç (acquirement, acquisition, avails, benefit, capital, convenience, credit, earnings, gainings, grist, income, increment, make, melon, proceeds, profit, receipt, revenues, spoil, takings, winnings, yield), kazanmak (achieve, acquire, attain, be in pocket, bear the bell, carry away the bell, carry off, clean up, clear, come by, draw, earn, garner, gather, get, get out of, land, net, obtain, pull off, purchase, realize, reap, take, win), ulaşmak (achieve, aggregate, approach, arrive, attain, come, come at, come to, come up to, come up with, effect, figure out at, get at, hit, live up to, reach, win), yükselme (advance, advancement, ascension, ascent, climb, distinction, escalation, flux, hike, increase, pickup, preferment, progress, promotion, promotional, raise, rise, rising, scaling, step up, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), yükselmek (arise, ascend, be in the ascendant, be in the ascendent, climb, develop, escalate, flow, get one's promotion, go up, harden, heighten, improve, Louden, nose up, rear up, rise, scale up, soar, steepen, step up, sublime, swell, tower, upheave, upsurge, work one's way up), ilerleme (advance, advancement, expansion, forwardness, headway, improvement, progress, progression, rising, upswing, uptrend). (various references)

Turkmen 

nebis (advantage, profit), kuwwatlanmak (aquire, stand), eяelemek (capture, conquer), bдhbit (advantage, profit). (various references)

Ukrainian

користь (account, advantage, avail, benefit, convenience, emolument, good, profit, use), виграш (bacon, gainings, prize, win, winning), вигравати (be ahead of, carry off, win), одержувати (acquire, attain, derive, get, obtain, pull, receive, resume), нажива (lucre), мати користь (profit), заробляти (earn, make, win), збільшення (accession, accretion, aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, enhancement, expanse, increment, magnification), здобувати (acquire, allure, attain, obtain). (various references)

Vietnamese 

lời (piece, voice), lợi lộc (concern, lucre), lợi (benefit, lucre, profit), của kiếm được. (various references)

Welsh

magu (acquire, breed, nurse, rear), mael (profit, traffic), ennill (acquire, attain, best, earn, earnings, profit, win), elwa (benefit, profit), elw (behoof, benefit, boot, possession, profit), budd (advancement, avail, behoof, benefit, profit). (various references)

Zulu

-wina (earn, win), -hola (earn, win). (various references)

lucrum. (various references)

gaonem. (various references)

begietan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "gain": gainable, gained, gainer, gainers, gainful, gainfully, gainfulness, gainfulnesses, gaingiving, gaingivings, gaining, gainless, gainlier, gainliest, gainly, gains, gainsaid, gainsay, gainsayer, gainsayers, gainsaying, gainsays, gainst. (additional references)

Words ending with "gain": again, bargain, outbargain, outgain, regain. (additional references)

Words containing "gain": against, bargained, bargainer, bargainers, bargaining, bargains, bougainvillaea, bougainvillaeas, bougainvillea, bougainvilleas, congaing, ibogaine, ibogaines, outbargained, outbargaining, outbargains, outgained, outgaining, outgains, regained, regainer, regainers, regaining, regains, ungainlier, ungainliest, ungainliness, ungainlinesses, ungainly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Gain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agien, agin, agina, agion, Agni, agrin, eain, gaaah, Gaan, gacic, gadi, Gaean, Gaeia, gaen, Gagik, gai, gaian, gaic, gaid, gaie, gaif, gaim, gaine, gaini, Gainmh, gainne, gaint, gainy, gaiw, gaiz, Gajik, gakin, galin, Gani, ganic, gaon, gapin, garin, garini, gatin, gaun, gaunr, gauny, gavin, gawn, gayi, gazin, Gefion, geiz, geni, genin, getin, ghain, Ghajn, ghin, gia, Giac, giae, giam, gian, Giau, gieen, gien, gii, giif, Giii, gina, ginc, gion, giyn, glain, glin, Gohin, goin, goint, goni, guai, guin, guint, guiny, gutin, guyn, gwan, gwaun, Gwin, Gxi, gyaan, nain, yain. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: agin.

-1 letter: ain, ani, gan, gin, nag.

-2 letters: ag, ai, an, in, na.

+1 letter: acing, again, aging, algin, align, aping, awing, axing, fagin, gains, gamin, garni, giant, gonia, grain, kiang, liang, ligan, linga, wigan.

+2 letters: aahing, abying, aching, acting, adding, ageing, agings, agnail, agnize, agonic, aiding, ailing, aiming, airing, algins, aligns, angina, anting, arcing, arming, ashing, asking, assign, auding, aweing, awning, baaing, bagnio, baking, baling, baning, baring, basing, bating, baying, caging, caking, caning, caring, casing, caving, cawing, daring, dating, dawing, dazing, earing, easing, eating, enigma, facing, fading, fagins, faking, faming, faring, fating, faxing, faying, fazing, gabion, gaeing, gaging, gaijin, gained, gainer, gainly, gainst, gamine, gaming, gamins, ganoid, gaping, gaskin, gating, gazing, genial, giants, gingal, gitano, gradin, grains, grainy, gratin, guanin, guinea, hading, haeing, haling, haring, hating, having, hawing, haying, hazing, iguana, incage, ingate, jading, japing, jawing, jingal, kiangs, lacing, lading, laking, laming, lasing, laving, lawing, laying, lazing, liangs, ligand, ligans, linage, lingam, lingas, lingua, macing, magian, making, malign, margin, mating, mawing, maying, mazing, naming, nilgai, nilgau, oaring, onagri, origan, pacing, paging, paling, paring, paving, pawing, paying, pinang, racing, raging, raking, raping, raring, rasing, rating, raving, raxing, raying, razing, reagin, regain, regina, saning, sating, saving, sawing, saying, signal, taking, taming, taping, taring, tawing, taxing, vagina, wading, waging, waking, waling, waning, waring, waving, waxing, wigans, yawing.