personal care | care for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselves, can including bathing and cooking and managing bodily functions |
malingering skulking | evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated, they developed a test to detect malingering |
personal foul | a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football) |
judgment in personam judgement in personam personal judgment personal judgement | a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages |
personal computer PC microcomputer | a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time |
personal digital assistant PDA personal organizer personal organiser organizer organiser | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks, can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. |
identity personal identity individuality | the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity, you can lose your identity when you join the army |
charisma personal appeal personal magnetism | a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others |
personal equation | variability attributable to individual differences |
manner personal manner | a way of acting or behaving |
amplification gain | the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input |
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 |
profit gain | the advantageous quality of being beneficial |
personal business personal matters affairs | matters of personal concern, get his affairs in order |
episodic memory personal memory | memory for episodes in your own life |
personal | a short newspaper article about a particular person or group |
personal pronoun | a pronoun expressing a distinction of person |
personal letter | a letter dealing with personal affairs |
personal identification number PIN PIN number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts |
personal representative | a person who manages the affairs of another |
personal property personal estate personalty private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
chattel personal chattel movable | personal as opposed to real property, any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) |
effects personal effects | property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business, she left some of her personal effects in the house, I watched over their effects until they returned |
gain | the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating |
financial gain | the amount of monetary gain |
personal income | the income received by a single individual |
personal expense | the cost of personal or family living, some personal expenses are tax deductible |
capital gain | the amount by which the selling price of an asset exceeds the purchase price, the gain is realized when the asset is sold |
credit line line of credit bank line line personal credit line personal line of credit | the maximum credit that a customer is allowed |
personal check personal cheque | a check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking account |
personal loan consumer loan | a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use, usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay |
addition increase gain | a quantity that is added, there was an addition to property taxes this year, they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks |
personal relation personal relationship | a relation between persons |
perk up perk percolate pick up gain vigor | gain or regain energy, I picked up after a nap |
gain put on | increase (one's body weight), She gained pounds when she stopped exercising |
gain gather | increase or develop, the peace movement gained momentum, the car gathers speed |
advance gain | rise in rate or price, The stock market gained points today |
gain advance win pull ahead make headway get ahead gain ground | obtain advantages, such as points, etc., The home team was gaining ground, After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference |
reach make attain hit arrive at gain | reach a destination, either real or abstract, We hit Detroit by noon, The water reached the doorstep, We barely made it to the finish line, I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts |
acquire win gain | win something through one's efforts, I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese, Gain an understanding of international finance |
gain take in clear make earn realize realise pull in bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction, earn as salary or wages, How much do you make a month in your new job?, She earns a lot in her new job, this merger brought in lots of money, He clears $,each month |
profit gain benefit | derive a benefit from, She profited from his vast experience |
derive gain | obtain, derive pleasure from one's garden |
personal | particular to a given individual |
personal | concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality, a personal favor, for your personal use, personal papers, I have something personal to tell you, a personal God, he has his personal bank account and she has hers |
personal | intimately concerning a person's body or physical being, personal hygiene |
personal | indicating grammatical person, personal verb endings |
personal | of or arising from personality, personal magnetism |