gain time

== English == === Noun === gain time (countable and uncountable, plural gain times) (law, criminology) A reduction of a prisoner’s sentence due to exemplary behavior or participation in a rehabilitation program during incarceration. === Verb === gain time (third-person singular simple present gains time, present participle gaining time, simple past and past participle gained time) (idiomatic, intransitive) To cause a delay by a circuitous mode of procedure in order to obtain more time than is available. To make up time lost; of a clock or watch, to run fast. Antonym: lose time