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  • 21gain- — *gain germ.: Quelle: Personenname (4. Jh.); Sonstiges: Reichert, Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen 2, 1990, 512 (Gainas) …

    Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • 22gain|er — «GAY nuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that gains: »Wilt thou, after the expense of so much money, be now a gainer? (Shakespeare). 2. a fancy dive in which the diver faces the water and turns a back somersault in the air …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 23gain|ly — «GAYN lee», adjective. 1. graceful; shapely; comely: »a gainly lad. 2. Dialect. proper; suitable; becoming. ╂[< gain …

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  • 24gain — A profit on a securities transaction recognized by selling a security for more than the security originally cost. The gain is the difference between the cost and the sale. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. gain gain 1 [geɪn] …

    Financial and business terms

  • 25Gain — For other uses, see Gain (disambiguation). In electronics, gain is a measure of the ability of a circuit (often an amplifier) to increase the power or amplitude of a signal from the input to the output. It is usually defined as the mean ratio of… …

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  • 26gain — gain1 W2S2 [geın] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(get something)¦ 2¦(get gradually)¦ 3¦(advantage)¦ 4¦(increase)¦ 5 gain access/entry/admittance etc (to something) 6 gain an understanding/insight/impression etc 7 gain ground 8 gain time 9¦(clock)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27GAIN — s. m. Profit, bénéfice, lucre. Gain considérable. Petit gain. Gain médiocre. Gain illicite. Gain honnête. Travailler pour le gain. Faire à moitié de gain. Entrer avec quelqu un dans une affaire à moitié de gain et de perte. À perte et à gain.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 28gain — 1 /geIn/ verb 1 GET STH (T) to obtain or achieve something important or valuable: She gained high grades in English and Math. | After gaining independence in 1957, it was renamed Ghana . | when radical left parties gained control of local… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29gain — bar·gain·a·ble; bar·gain·ee; bar·gain·er; bar·gain·or; bou·gain·vil·laea; bou·gain·vil·lia; gain; gain·ful; gain·giv·ing; gain·less; gain·say; gain·stand; ply·gain; re·gain·er; re·gain·ment; un·gain; un·gain·li·ness; un·gain·say·able; bar·gain;… …

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  • 30gain — (ghin ; l n ne se lie pas : un ghin excessif ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des ghin z excessifs) s. m. 1°   Ce que l on gagne, ce que l on obtient en fait d argent ou de valeurs. Mettre en commun le gain et la perte. •   Il risque de nouveau le gain …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré