Gaining

//ˈɡeɪnɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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