material gain
Wealth from transactions
Material gain is the acquisition of money, property, or other tangible benefits.
The phrase typically appears in contexts questioning motives: He had no material gain from the arrangement.
It often carries a slightly negative connotation, implying pursuit of wealth over principle or sentiment: She married for material gain, not love.
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- cold hard cashPhysical currency, not credit
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
riches · fortune · filthy lucre · lucre · windfall · pot of gold · acquisition · earnings · accumulation · nest egg · prosperity · gravy train · easy money · avarice · plunder · loot · blood money · bounty
- Purusharthaartha, kama, moksha, dharma, righteousness
material gainspiritual enrichment
Development of inner life
spiritual growth · inner peace · enlightenment · personal growth · self-actualization
material gainmaterial loss
Destruction of physical property
financial loss · economic loss · impoverishment · poverty · destitution
material gainasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
renunciation · self-denial · detachment · selflessness · altruism
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