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1. Have the benefit of; obtain something desirable
   "gain pleasure from one's garden";
   - derive
    
2. Acquire something through effort
   "Gain an understanding of international finance";
   - acquire, win
    
3. Derive a benefit from
   "She gained from his vast experience";
   - profit, benefit
    
4. Be at the destination after some time, either real or abstract; come to a given position
   - reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at
    
5. Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
   "The home team was gaining ground";
   - advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
    
6. Rise in rate or price
   "The stock market gained 24 points today";
   - advance
    
7. Increase or develop
   "the peace movement gained momentum";
   - gather
    
8. Receive money in return for work; make a profit as the result of some business transaction
   "He gains $5,000 each month";
   - take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise [Brit], pull in [informal], bring in
    
9. Increase (one's body weight)
   "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising";
   - put on

1. A quantity that is added
   "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks";
   - addition, increase
    
2. The advantageous quality of being beneficial
   - profit
    
3. The amount of increase in signal power, voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
   - amplification
    
4. The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

Derived forms: gains, gaining, gained

Type of: acquire, advantage, amount, amount of money, change state, climb, get, increase, increment, indefinite quantity, mount, obtain, rise, sum, sum of money, turn, vantage, wax

Antonym: lose, red ink

Encyclopedia: Gain, Peter