What does gain in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word gain in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use gain in French.

The word gain in French means profit, gain, saving, benefit, winning, profit, gain, gain, lure of profit, lure of money, win the case, find in favour of, increase in productivity, time saver, capital gain, have your way, get your way. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word gain

profit

nom masculin (bénéfice pécuniaire) (financial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Avec ce placement, j'ai obtenu un joli gain.
With this investment, I made a tidy profit.

gain, saving

nom masculin (récupération)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'ai jeté de veilles choses et j'ai un gain de place.
I threw out some old things and gained some space.

benefit

nom masculin (avantage, bénéfice)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pauline retire un grand gain de tous ses voyages.
Pauline draws great benefit from all her travelling.

winning

nom masculin (victoire, issue favorable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Michel est satisfait du gain de son procès.
Mike is happy with winning his trial.

profit, gain

nom masculin (fait de gagner de l'argent) (financial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pascal travaille beaucoup, dépense peu et est âpre au gain.
Pascal works a lot, spends little, and is greedy for profit.

gain

nom masculin (électronique : amélioration du signal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce filtre permet un gain de couleurs de 15 %.
This filter enables a colour gain of 15%.

lure of profit, lure of money

nom masculin (la cupidité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'appât du gain le fit rentrer dans l'illégalité.

win the case

locution verbale (être reconnu dans son droit)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Après des années de procès, j'ai enfin obtenu gain de cause.

find in favour of

(reconnaître le droit de [qqn]) (UK, Legal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

increase in productivity

nom masculin (meilleure capacité à fabriquer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette nouvelle organisation vise à obtenir des gains de productivité.

time saver

nom masculin (raccourcissement du temps à faire [qch])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette machine permettra un gain de temps de production.
This machine will allow us to save time in the production process.

capital gain

nom masculin (plus-value) (often plural)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

have your way, get your way

locution verbale (avoir ce que l'on veut)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les employés voulaient pouvoir fumer dans le jardin et après plusieurs jours de négociations, ils ont obtenu gain de cause.

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