WINNING

Definitions

1. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
2. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. Chaucer.
3. 3. A new opening.
4. 4. The portion of a coal field out for working. Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. -- Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.