to save time, to gain time / to buy time, to play for time, to stall for time, to use delaying tactics

loss of earnings, loss of profit, profit loss, lost profits, shortfall, deficiency, loss of income

to earn one's corn, to earn a living, to make a living

(figuratively) to gain ground

female equivalent of gagneur

to win / to earn / to gain; to obtain

inflection of gagner:
/ inflection of gagner:

second-person plural conditional of gagner

first/second-person singular conditional of gagner

first-person plural conditional of gagner