gaining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ

Verb

gaining

1. present participle and gerund 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