gaining

gaining

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/

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Verb

gaining

1. present participle of gain

Noun

gaining (plural gainings)

1. Gain; profit.
   • 1807, The London Medical and Physical Journal

     […] 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 […]

Derived terms

• gaining twist