indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity

accretion - something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"

advantage, vantage - the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

account - the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"

profitability, profitableness - the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit

increment, increase - the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

loop gain - (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input; "if the loop gain is too great the system may go into oscillation"

financial gain - the amount of monetary gain

paper profit - an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price

amount of money, sum, sum of money, amount - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

draw, reap - get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

cozen - cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"

acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

cash in on - take advantage of or capitalize on

profiteer - make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

capitalize, take advantage, capitalise - draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover"

pyramid - enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

net, sack up, sack, clear - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

catch up - reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"

surmount, scale - reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"

breast - reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain"

get at, access - reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"

peak - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"

bottom out - reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"

top out - reach the highest point; "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"

summit - reach the summit of a mountain; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"

top - reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"

make - reach in time; "We barely made the plane"

make - reach in time; "We barely made the plane"

find - succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"

culminate - of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian

come through, get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

run aground, ground - hit or reach the ground

steal - steal a base

rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

mount, wax, climb, rise - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

make - act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"

acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

squeeze out, eke out - make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"

turn a profit, profit - make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"

rake off - take money from an illegal transaction

take home, bring home - earn as a salary or wage; "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?"

rake in, shovel in - earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in"

net, sack up, sack, clear - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

gross - earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

pay, bear, yield - bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

flesh out, fill out, round - become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"

pack on - gain (weight); "He packed on two pounds over the summer"

change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"