Financial gain from a transaction or from a period of investment or business activity, usually calculated as income in excess of costs or as the final value of an asset in excess of its initial value, Advancement; improvement, Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument, verb_ derive a benefit from, make a profit; gain money or materially, transitive verb_ To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid, To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody), intransitive verb_ To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance, To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good