Definition of gains

"gains" in the noun sense

1. addition, increase, gain

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. profit, gain

the advantageous quality of being beneficial

3. amplification, gain

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

4. gain

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

"gains" in the verb sense

1. derive, gain

obtain

"derive pleasure from one's garden"

2. acquire, win, gain

win something through one's efforts

"I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"

"Gain an understanding of international finance"

"win someone's confidence and friendship"

3. profit, gain, benefit

derive a benefit from

"She profited from his vast experience"

4. reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

reach a destination, either real or abstract

"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"

5. gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground

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"

"win points"

6. advance, gain

rise in rate or price

"The stock market gained 24 points today"

7. gain, gather

increase or develop

"the peace movement gained momentum"

"the car gathers speed"

8. gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in

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. gain, put on

increase (one's body weight

"She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

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Quotations for gains

No pains, no gains. [ Proverb ]

No gains without pains. [ Proverb ]

The deaf gains the injury. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Integrity gains strength by use. [ Tillotson ]

A merchant that gains not, loseth. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He who gains time gains everything. [ Earl of Beaconsfield ]

Woe to the youth whom fancy gains
Winning from reason's hand the reins. [ Scott ]

Reason gains all men by compelling none. [ Aaron Hill ]

At the game's end we shall see who gains. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He gains enough who gets rid of a sorrow. [ French Proverb ]

He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. [ Italian Proverb ]

Every penny that is taken is not clear gains. [ Proverb ]

From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains.
Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains;
These first induce him the vile trash to try,
Then lend his name that other men may buy. [ Crabbe ]

Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it. [ Thomas Nelson, Latin Proverb ]

Counts his sure gains, and hurries back for more. [ Montgomery ]

He that stumbles, and falls not quite, gains a step. [ Proverb ]

He that loseth is a merchant as well as he that gains. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He that gains well and spends well needs no account-book. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A joke never gains over an enemy, but often loses a friend. [ Proverb ]

He gains wisdom in a happy way who gains it by another's experience. [ Plautus ]

A man gains nothing by being vain-glorious, but contempt and hatred. [ Proverb ]

Unjust gains may be sweet in the mouth, but will be bitter in the belly. [ Proverb ]

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.Light gains make heavy purses.
'Tis good to be merry and wise. [ George Chapman ]

To some purpose is that man wise who gains his wisdom at another's expense. [ Plautus ]

The gains of the wicked bring shortlived pleasure, but afterwards long continued grief. [ Antiphanes ]

It is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge, that what it gains it never loses. [ Daniel Webster ]

Light gains make heavy purses, because they come thick, whereas the great come but now and then. [ Bacon ]

He that sows the ground with diligence gains more religious merit than by repeating ten thousand prayers. [ Zoroaster ]

My opinion, my conviction, gains infinitely in strength and sureness the moment a second mind has adopted it. [ Novalis ]

The proverb is true, that light gains make heavy purses; for light gains come often, great gains now and then. [ Bacon ]

It is by speech that many of our best gains are made. A large part of the good we receive comes to us in conversation. [ Washington Gladden ]

Exaggeration is not only one form of falsehood, it is one of its worst forms: since the swollen and contagious body gains admission by walking in upon healthy legs. [ Berz ]

The human mind, in proportion as it is deprived of external resources, sedulously labours to find within itself the means of happiness, learns to rely with confidence on its own exertions, and gains with greater certainty the power of being happy. [ Zimmermann ]

The coarsest father gains a new impulse to labor from the moment of his baby's birth; he scarcely sees it when awake, and yet it is with him all the time. Every stroke he strikes is for his child. New social aims, new moral motives, come vaguely up to him. [ T. W. Higginson ]

Man gains wider dominion by his intellect than by his right arm. The mustard-seed of thought is a pregnant treasury of vast results. Like the germ in the Egyptian tombs, its vitality never perishes; and its fruit will spring up after it has been buried for long ages. [ Chapin ]

Beauty gains little, and homeliness and deformity lose much, by gaudy attire. Lysander knew this was in part true, and refused the rich garments that the tyrant Dionysius proffered to his daughters, saying that they were fit only to make unhappy faces more remarkable. [ Zimmermann ]

gains in Scrabble®

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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The word gains is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words containing the sequence gains

Words with gains in them (2 words)

Words that end with gains (6 words)

Word Growth involving gains

Shorter words in gains

ai gain

in gain

in ins

Longer words containing gains

against

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outgains

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