Gaining
//ˈɡeɪnɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Gain; profit.
"[…] yet, when the Doctor was about it, he might as well have told the public, that my gainings were annually thirty thousand, instead of three […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of gain form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Above all, Bill was worried about gaining weight."
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