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gainside

noun

Etymology

From gain + side.

  1. derived from *sēy-✻ — “to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”
  2. inherited from *sīdaz✻ — “drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”
  3. inherited from *sīd✻
  4. inherited from sīd — “wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”
  5. inherited from side
  6. compounded as gainside — “gain + side”

Definitions

  1. The side on which gain, increase, or prosperity is accrued

    The side on which gain, increase, or prosperity is accrued; the upside.

    • The only party which was on the gainside was Sriranga Raya, for he got back Chandragiri and its dependencies which he had lost.
    • All of the years that they went to school they costed a lot of money, whereas the chance that they ever will contribute to the gainside is very low.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA