Meaning of "gain"

gain •

n.
• • profit: tubo, tinubo, pakinabang

v.
• • 1. to reach, to arrive at: sumapit, masapit, sapitin, umabot, maabot, abutin
  • 2. to get, to secure, to obtain, to win: kumuha, makuha, kunin, magtamo, matamo, tamuhin, magkamit, makamit, kamtan
  • 3. to profit: magtubo, tumubo, pagtubuan
  • 4. to be of an advantage to: makinabang, mapakinabang, pakinabangan

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net

n.
• • 1. lambat
  • 2. a big fishing net: pukot, pamukot
  • 3. a mosquito net: kulambo, muskitero
  • 4. a hair net: hernet, lambat sa buhok (ulo)
  • 5. a net for catching butterflies, birds, locusts, etc.: sakyod
  • 6. a trap or snare: silo, bitag, patibong
  • 7. remaining amount after deduction, free from deductions: neto

v.
• • 1. to catch in a net: manlambat, lambatin
  • 2. to net fish: mamukot, manlambat
  • 3. to gain interest: magtubo, tumubo
  • 4. to benefit: pakinabangan, makinabang

make

n.
• • 1. style, build, character: yari, kayarian, pagkakayari
  • 2. kind: uri, klase
  • 3. brand: marka, tatak

v.
• • 1. to bring into being, build, form or shape: gumawa, gawin, igawa, yumari, yariin, iyari
  • 2. to put into condition for use, arrange: mag-ayos, ayusin, maghanda, ihanda
  • 3. to earn, gain: kumita, pagkakitaan, kitain,
  • 4. to cause, bring about: lumikha, makalikha
  • 5. to make something out of, to invent, to put together: gumawa, gawin, lumikha, likhain, kumatha, kathain

profit

n.
• • 1. the gain from business: tubo, tinubo, kita, kinita, pakinabang
  • 2. advantage, benefit: bentaha, kabutihan, pakinabang, kapakinabangan

v.
• • 1. to make a profit in business: magtubo, tumubo, pagtubuan, tubuin, makinabang, pakinabangan, pakinabangin, kumita, pagkakitaan, kitain
  • 2. to get advantage, to gain, to benefit: makinabang, pakinabangan

fat

n.
• • 1. a white or yellow oily substance formed in the body of animals: taba
  • 2. lard: mantika

adj.
• • 1. having much flesh: mataba
  • 2. having much fat: mamantika, mataba

v.
• • 1. to gain weight, to fatten: magpataba, patabain
  • 2. to become fat: tumaba, maging mataba

investment

n.
• • committing money to gain profit: pamumuhunan, pangangapital

return

v.
• • 1. to bring back, to give back, to send back, to put back, to pay back: magbalik, ibalik, magsauli, isauli
  • 2. to give or send in return: gumanti, gantihin
  • 3. to go back, to come back: magbalik, bumalik
  • 4. to return home: umuwi

n.
• • 1. a going back home: pag-uwi
  • 2. a going back, a coming back: pagbalik, pagbabalik
  • 3. profit, gain: pakinabang, tubo

defeat

v.
• • to overcome, to gain victory: tumalo, matalo, talunin

n.
• • defeat: pagkatalo

win

v.
• • 1. to gain, acquire: magtamo, tamuhin, magkamit, kamtan
  • 2. to be successful over others: manalo, tumalo, talunin, magwagi, pagwagihan, magtagumpay, pagtagumpayan
  • 3. to gain the favor of, to persuade: manghikayat, mahikayat, hikayatin, mang-akit, maakit, akitin, makuha

n.
• • a winning: panalo, tagumpay

kamit

v.
• • magkamit, kamitin (mag-:-in) to obtain, to gain, to get an award. Nagkamin siya ng malaking gantimpala. He obtained a large award.

tubo

n.
• • 1. tubo, sugarcane
  • 2. tubo'

n.
• • gain, profit, benefit

v.
• • tumubo' (-um-) to grow (plants). Tumubo ang itinanim kong rosas. The roses I planted grew.

v.
• • magtubo (mag-) to gain, profit, earn interest, to grow. Nagtubo ang pera ko sa bangko. My money in the bank earned interest. tubo, tubuhan (-an)

n.
• • sugarcane plantation or field

interes

Sp n.
• • 1. percentage of profit or gain on a sum of money [syn. tubo', patubo']
  • 2. sympathetic feeling
  • 3. desire to obtain or possess