gainful

  • 11gainful — gainfully, adv. gainfulness, n. /gayn feuhl/, adj. profitable; lucrative: gainful employment. [1545 55; GAIN1 + FUL] * * * …

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  • 12gainful — adjective Providing gain; profitable. How can we find gainful employment with dignity for the uneducated? …

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  • 13gainful — adj. Gainful is used with these nouns: ↑employment …

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  • 14gainful — gain|ful [ˈgeınfəl] adj gainful employment/work/activity formal work or activity for which you are paid >gainfully adv ▪ gainfully employed …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15gainful — gain|ful [ geınfəl ] adjective usually before noun FORMAL providing money or profit: a gainful occupation ╾ gain|ful|ly adverb: gainfully employed …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16gainful — adjective gainful employment/work/activity formal work or activity for which you are paid gainfully adverb: gainfully employed …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17gainful — adjective a gainful investment Syn: profitable, paid, well paid, remunerative, lucrative, moneymaking; rewarding, fruitful, worthwhile, useful, productive, constructive, beneficial, advantageous, valuable …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 18gainful — gain•ful [[t]ˈgeɪn fəl[/t]] adj. profitable; lucrative: gainful employment[/ex] • Etymology: 1545–55 gain′ful•ly, adv. gain′ful•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19gainful employment — n. A job or an occupation that earns money or generates profit; employment for pay that is suited to the abilities of the worker; also called gainful occupation. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy …

    Law dictionary

  • 20gainful employment — or occupation In general, any calling, occupation, profession or work which one may or is able to profitably pursue. Within disability clause of policy, term means ordinary employment of particular insured, or such other employment, if any, as… …

    Black's law dictionary