How to pronounce gain in English
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"A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder binding joist or other timber which supports a floor beam so as to receive the end of the floor beam."
"Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable."
"That which is gained obtained or acquired as increase profit advantage or benefit; -- opposed to loss."
"The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation."
"To get as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as to gain a good living."
"To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize."
"To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate."
"To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor."
"To get incur or receive as loss harm or damage."
"To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest health or happiness; to make progress; as the sick man gains daily."