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Bring in

verb

Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment. Synonym: introduce. "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. Synonyms: clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in. "She earns a lot in her new job" , "This merger brought in lots of money" , "He clears $5,000 each month"

Be sold for a certain price. Synonyms: bring, fetch. "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"

Submit (a verdict) to a court.

Transmit.

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"Bring in" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the party was on snowshoes, and behind them they drew a small sled containing their camp equipment. It was hardly more than a packload for a strong Indian but the sled was taken in the hope that it might bring in a return load ...

— On the Edge of the Arctic - An Aeroplane in Snowland • Harry Lincoln Sayler

... society in that of a colonel; then there were fees to servants; and, worst of all, that abominable high play which is the curse of our nation. In short, on his return he was obliged to sell the home-farm, and even this did not bring in sufficient money to satisfy his creditors. This time my grandfather solemnly vowed he would never enter society again, and he has kept his word; but he soon fell into a black melancholy, from which he is ...

— Major Frank • A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint

... you bring in me for?' broke from the captain. His voice was indeed scarce raised above a whisper, but emotion clanged in it. 'What do you know about me? If you had commanded the finest barque that ever sailed from Portland; if you had been drunk in your berth when she struck the breakers in Fourteen Island ...

— The Ebb-Tide - A Trio And Quartette • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

... domestics than guests in the hotels; and at the table d'hote three sat down in a saloon designed for a hundred to breakfast in; and we had no butter. The peasants in the country round were afraid to bring in the produce of their dairies and barn-yards. The bull-ring was to let; conscientious barbers shaved each other or dressed the hair on the wax busts in their windows, in order to keep alive the traditions of their craft; the ...

— Romantic Spain - A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) • John Augustus O'Shea

... said softly to his wife: 'Maiden, I have got such a clever plan! I am going to bring in the mare and put it at your feet, and I will cut you, just a few little flesh wounds, so that you may be covered with blood, and everybody will suppose you to be dead. But remember that you must not make a sound, or we shall ...

— The Grey Fairy Book • Various

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