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Net Meaning & Definition
Net Definition And Meaning

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.

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