What's The Definition Of Net?
[n] an open fabric woven together at regular intervals
[n] a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
[n] game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
[n] a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
[n] an interconnected or intersecting configuration or system of components; "there was a hole in the network where some of the strands were broken"; "he used a copper frame with copper meshing"
[n] the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[adj] conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
[adj] remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
[v] catch with a net; "net a fish"
[v] construct or form a web, as if by weaving
[v] make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
[v] yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Net: clear |
clear |
earnings |
final |
last |
lucre |
mesh |
meshing |
meshwork |
net income |
net profit |
nett |
nett |
network |
profit |
profits |
reticulation |
sack |
sack up |
take-home |
ultimate |
web
Related Terms | Find terms related to Net: acquire |
afford |
angle |
apprehend |
arabesque |
arrest |
asking price |
avails |
avoirdupois |
bag |
bait |
bait the hook |
balance |
bargain price |
basketry |
basketwork |
be seized of |
beef |
beefiness |
bid |
bid price |
birdlime |
bob |
bola |
box office |
braid |
bring in |
burden |
cancellation |
capital gains |
capitalize on |
capture |
cash in on |
cash price |
catch |
catch out |
circuit |
clam |
clean up |
cleanup |
clear |
clear profit |
coast-to-coast hookup |
cobweb |
coin money |
colander |
come by |
come in for |
come into |
commercialize |
commissions |
contract |
controlled price |
corral |
cramp |
credit |
credits |
cribble |
cribriformity |
cribrosity |
cripple |
crop |
cross-hatching |
crossing-out |
cumber |
current price |
current quotation |
cut price |
dap |
deadweight |
decoy |
deficit |
derive |
dib |
dibble |
difference |
discrepancy |
disposable income |
dividend |
dividends |
drag down |
dragnet |
draw |
drive |
earn |
earned income |
earnings |
embarrass |
encumber |
enlace |
enmesh |
ensnare |
ensnarl |
entangle |
enter into possession |
entoil |
entrammel |
entrap |
entwine |
enweb |
epact |
fatness |
fetter |
filigree |
filthy lucre |
fish |
fishhook |
fixed price |
flat rate |
fly |
fly-fish |
foul |
fret |
fretwork |
gain |
gain by |
gains |
gate |
gate receipts |
get |
gettings |
gig |
gill net |
gin |
gleanings |
go fishing |
going price |
grate |
grating |
gravity |
grid |
gridiron |
grig |
grille |
grillwork |
gross |
gross income |
gross profit |
gross receipts |
gross weight |
ground bait |
guddle |
hachure |
hamper |
hamstring |
handicap |
harpoon |
harvest |
hatching |
heaviness |
heft |
heftiness |
hoard |
hobble |
honeycomb |
hook |
hook in |
hookup |
impede |
income |
intake |
interest |
interknit |
interlace |
interlacement |
intertexture |
intertie |
intertissue |
intertwine |
intertwinement |
intertwist |
interweave |
intort |
inveigle |
involve |
jack |
jacklight |
jig |
killing |
knit |
lace |
lacery |
lacework |
lacing |
lame |
land |
lariat |
lasso |
lattice |
latticework |
left |
leftover |
lime |
list price |
liveweight |
loom |
loop |
lucre |
lumber |
lure |
make |
make a killing |
make an arrest |
make money |
make money by |
makings |
market price |
mat |
mesh |
meshes |
meshwork |
nail |
neat price |
neat profit |
neat weight |
net income |
net profit |
net receipts |
net weight |
netting |
network |
noose |
obtain |
odd |
output |
outstanding |
over |
overbalance |
overweight |
package price |
paper profits |
pay |
pay off |
pelf |
percentage |
perk |
perks |
perquisite |
pick up |
pickings |
piece price |
plait |
pleach |
plexure |
plexus |
plug |
ponderability |
ponderosity |
ponderousness |
porosity |
porousness |
pound net |
poundage |
press down |
price list |
prices current |
proceeds |
procure |
produce |
profit |
profits |
pull down |
purse seine |
put under arrest |
quotation |
quoted price |
raddle |
radio links |
rake-off |
realize |
realize on |
reap |
receipt |
receipts |
receivables |
recommended price |
remainder |
remaining |
remanent |
reticle |
reticulation |
reticule |
reticulum |
return |
returns |
revenue |
riddle |
rope |
royalties |
sack |
saddle with |
score |
screen |
screening |
secure |
seine |
seize |
selling price |
shackle |
shrimp |
sieve |
sievelikeness |
snag |
snare |
snarl |
sniggle |
spare |
spear |
spin |
spinner |
splice |
sponge |
spread the toils |
springe |
squid |
still-fish |
stock market quotations |
store |
strainer |
superfluous |
surplus |
surviving |
take |
take captive |
take into custody |
take prisoner |
take-in |
takings |
tangle |
tangle up with |
texture |
throughput |
tissue |
to spare |
toil |
toils |
tonnage |
torch |
tracery |
trade price |
trammel |
trap |
trawl |
trellis |
trelliswork |
trip |
troll |
turn a penny |
turn to account |
turn to profit |
twill |
twine |
twist |
unconsumed |
underweight |
unearned income |
unit price |
unused |
wattle |
wealth |
weave |
weaving |
web |
webbing |
webwork |
weft |
weigh down |
weight |
weightiness |
whale |
wholesale price |
wicker |
wickerwork |
win |
wind |
winnings |
wobbler |
wreathe |
yield
See Also | accumulation |
bear |
benefit |
cage |
catch |
cleanup |
cloth |
computer network |
dividend |
early warning system |
earning per share |
fabric |
fishing net |
fishnet |
gain |
game equipment |
gauze |
goal |
grab |
graticule |
grid |
grillwork |
gross profit |
gross profit margin |
hairnet |
income |
killing |
margin |
markup |
material |
netting |
part |
pay |
percentage |
portion |
profit |
reference grid |
reseau |
reticle |
reticule |
safety net |
save-all |
share |
snood |
spark arrester |
sparker |
system |
take hold of |
textile |
tissue |
trap |
tulle |
veiling |
volleyball net |
weave |
windfall profit |
wirework |
yield
Net In Webster's Dictionary
\Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Netting}.]
1. To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to
net silk.
2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
\Net\, v. i.
To form network or netting; to knit.
\Net\, a. [F. See {Neat} clean.]
1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.]
Her breast all naked as net ivory. --Spenser.
2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated;
neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.]
3. Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter,
as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges,
deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight,
etc. [Less properly written {nett}.]
{Net tonnage} (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a
deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow
space for crew, machinery, etc.
\Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Netting}.]
To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand
dollars by the operation.
|