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gaining
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Gaining
(gcide) | Gain \Gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gained (g[=a]nd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Gaining.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F.
gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG.
weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage,
G. weide, akin to Icel. vei[eth]r hunting, AS. w[=a][eth]u,
cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See Gain, n., profit.]
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1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by
effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
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What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul? --Matt. xvi.
26.
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To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. --Milton.
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For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease.
--Pope.
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2. 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.
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3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side;
to conciliate.
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If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
--Matt. xviii.
15.
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To gratify the queen, and gained the court.
--Dryden.
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4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top
of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
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Forded Usk and gained the wood. --Tennyson.
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5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs.
or Ironical]
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Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to
have gained this harm and loss. --Acts xxvii.
21.
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Gained day, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward
around the earth.
To gain ground, to make progress; to advance in any
undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent.
To gain over, to draw to one's party or interest; to win
over.
To gain the wind (Naut.), to reach the windward side of
another ship.
Syn: To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain;
achieve.
Usage: See Obtain. -- To Gain, Win. Gain implies only
that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it
in competition with others. A person gains knowledge,
or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a
victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle
with others.
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bargaining
(encz) | bargaining,smlouvání n: Zdeněk Brožbargaining,vyjednávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
bargaining solution
(encz) | bargaining solution,výsledek vyjednávání [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
collective bargaining
(encz) | collective bargaining,kolektivní smlouvání [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
collective bargaining agreement
(encz) | collective bargaining agreement, |
gaining
(encz) | gaining,dobývání n: |
gaining control
(encz) | gaining control, n: |
regaining
(encz) | regaining, n: |
weight gaining
(encz) | weight gaining, n: |
Bargaining
(gcide) | Bargain \Bar"gain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bargained (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Bargaining.]
To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to
bargain one horse for another.
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To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually
with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away
one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow bargained
away the estate." --G. Eliot.
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Gaining twist
(gcide) | Gain \Gain\, v. i.
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.
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Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by
extortion. --Ezek. xxii.
12.
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Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves,
which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.
To gain on or To gain upon.
(a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land.
(b) To obtain influence with.
(c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or
contest.
(d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of.
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The English have not only gained upon the Venetians
in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice
itself. --Addison.
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My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor,
that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]Twist \Twist\, n.
1. The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a
convolution; a bending.
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Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one
animal which does not render them more proper for
that particular animal's way of life than any other
cast or texture. --Addison.
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2. The form given in twisting.
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[He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault
with the length, the thickness, and the twist.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting
parts. Specifically:
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(a) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by
winding strands or separate things round each other.
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(b) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by
tailors, saddlers, and the like.
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(c) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
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(d) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
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(e) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
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(f) (Weaving) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually
more tightly twisted than the filling.
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(g) (Firearms) A material for gun barrels, consisting of
iron and steel twisted and welded together; as,
Damascus twist.
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(h) (Firearms & Ord.) The spiral course of the rifling of
a gun barrel or a cannon.
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(i) A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]
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4. [OE.; -- so called as being a two-forked branch. See
Twist, v. t.] A twig. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Fairfax.
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5. Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a
pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the
twist of a billiard ball.
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6. A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked
inclination; a bias; -- often implying a peculiar or
unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
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Gain twist, or Gaining twist (Firearms), twist of which
the pitch is less, and the inclination greater, at the
muzzle than at the breech.
Twist drill, a drill the body of which is twisted like that
of an auger. See Illust. of Drill.
Uniform twist (Firearms), a twist of which the spiral
course has an equal pitch throughout.
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bargaining
(wn) | bargaining
n 1: the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement |
bargaining chip
(wn) | bargaining chip
n 1: leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession
useful in successful negotiations |
collective bargaining
(wn) | collective bargaining
n 1: negotiation between an employer and trade union |
gaining control
(wn) | gaining control
n 1: the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
[syn: capture, gaining control, seizure] |
plea bargaining
(wn) | plea bargaining
n 1: (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees
to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the
prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge; "his
admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor";
"plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming
congested" [syn: plea bargain, plea bargaining] |
regaining
(wn) | regaining
n 1: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the
book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue
lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration,
regaining] |
weight gaining
(wn) | weight gaining
n 1: bodybuilding that increases muscle mass and body weight |
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