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gra⋅vy

  [grey-vee]
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–noun, plural -vies.
1. the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
2. Slang.
a. profit or money easily obtained or received unexpectedly.
b. money illegally or dishonestly acquired, esp. through graft.
3. something advantageous or valuable that is received or obtained as a benefit beyond what is due or expected.
Origin:
1350–1400; 1905–10 for def. 2; ME gravé, gravey < OF gravé, perh. misreading of grané (cf. grain spice) < L granātus full of grains. See grain, -ate 1
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gra·vy   (grā'vē)   
n.   pl. gra·vies

    1. The juices that drip from cooking meat.

    2. A sauce made by thickening and seasoning these juices.

    3. Money, profit, or benefit easily or illicitly gained.

    4. Payment or benefit in excess of what is expected or required.

  2. Slang

    1. Money, profit, or benefit easily or illicitly gained.

    2. Payment or benefit in excess of what is expected or required.


[Middle English grave, from Old French, possibly a misreading of grane, stew, sauce, from Latin grānātus, having many seeds; see pomegranate.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
gravy

  1. n.
    extra or easy money; easy profit. : After I pay expenses, the rest is pure gravy.
  2. mod.
    good. : Man, her shape is gravy!

  3. Go to (Good) gravy! :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

gravy 
1381, from O.Fr. grané (with -n- misread for -u- -- the character used for -v- in medial positions in words in medieval manuscripts) "sauce, stew," probably originally "properly grained, seasoned," from L. granum "grain, seed." Meaning "money easily acquired" first attested 1910; gravy train (1927) was originally railroad slang for a short haul that paid well.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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