Gain
Gain noun - The amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received.
Usage example: the company posted a substantial fourth-quarter gain, signaling an end to their money-losing ventures
Sales
Sales noun - Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
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- In 2009, Ubisoft released one of the many dancing games that were on the Wii, perhaps to gain a few decent sales.
Source: Video Game / Just Dance - The implications of how sales people (or MMORPGs) can exploit this to gain money are probably already apparent to you, Dear Troper.
Source: Useful Notes / Psychology - If a work gets a bad enough rating but an entertaining review, it can gain a ton more sales just on the advertisement on how it's So Bad its Good.
Source: Review
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