gainful — gain‧ful [ˈgeɪnfl] adjective [only before a noun] formal gainful employment/work/activity work or activity for which you are paid: • The United States now has a far higher proportion of its population in gainful employment than any other… … Financial and business terms
Gainful — Gain ful, a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. A gainful speculation. Macaulay. {Gain ful*ly}, adv. {Gain ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gainful 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
gainful — I adjective advantageous, beneficial, fertile, fruitful, lucrative, lucrosus, money making, paying, productive, profitable, quaestuosus, remunerative, rewarding, useful, valuable, well paying, worthwhile associated concepts: gainful employment II … Law dictionary
gainful — (adj.) 1540s (implied in gainfully), from GAIN (Cf. gain) + FUL (Cf. ful). Phrase gainfully employed attested from 1796 … Etymology dictionary
gainful — *paying, remunerative, lucrative, profitable Analogous words: productive, yielding, bearing (see corresponding verbs at BEAR) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
gainful — [adj] very productive, profitable advantageous, beneficial, fat, fruitful, generous, going, going concern*, good, in the black*, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, paid off, paying, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet*,… … New thesaurus
gainful 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
gainful occupation — gainful 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… … Black's law dictionary
gainful 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 insured may… … Black's law dictionary
gainful 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
