| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something beneficial: advantage, avail, benefit, blessing, boon1, favor, profit. See HELP. 2. Something earned, won, or otherwise acquired: earnings, profit, return. See GET, MONEY. | | VERB: | 1. To succeed in doing: accomplish, achieve, attain, reach, realize. Slang : score. See DO. 2. To reach (a goal or objective): arrive at, attain, come to, get to. Informal : hit on or (upon). See START. 3. To derive advantage: benefit, capitalize, profit. See HELP. 4. To obtain possession or control of: capture, get, take, win. Slang : cop. See GET. 5. To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort: deserve, earn, get, merit, win. Informal : rate1. See GET. 6. To receive, as wages, for one's labor: earn, get, make, win. Informal : pull down. Idioms: earn (or make) a living, earn one's keep. See GIVE, MONEY. 7. To achieve an increase of gradually: build up, develop. See INCREASE. 8. To come into possession of: acquire, come by, get, obtain, procure, secure, win. Informal : land, pick up. See GET. 9. To regain one's health: come around or (round), convalesce, improve, mend, perk up, rally, recover, recuperate. See HEALTH. 10. To make as income or profit: bring in, clear, draw, earn, gross, net2, pay, produce, realize, repay, return, yield. See MONEY.
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