Webster's English Dictionary

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making

mak.ing \'ma--kin\ n 1: the act or process of forming, causing, doing, or 
   coming into being  2: a process or means of advancement or success  3: 
   something made; esp : a quantity produced at one time : BAT CH 4a: 
   POTENTIALITY - often used in pl.  pl  4b: the material from which something 
   is to be made; specif : paper  and tobacco for cigarettes