gain by doing

gain something by doing something

to achieve some benefit by doing something. What did he gain by dropping out of school? I will gain some degree of security by investing in U.S. Treasury bonds.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bonifacio	bo-nee-FAH-cho (Italian), bo-nee-FAH-thyo (Spanish), bo-nee-FAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Widogast	-	Ancient Germanic
Edmund	['edmənd]
Jacquetta	-	English (British)
Bowden	['bəudn]
Thibault	tee-BO	French