Winning

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A new opening.

II. Winning ·noun The portion of a coal field out for working.

III. Winning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Win.

IV. Winning ·noun The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.

V. Winning ·adj Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address.

VI. Winning ·noun The money, ·etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling;

— usually in the plural.