Net - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) (syn: earnings, lucre, profit)
- a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals (syn: mesh, network)
verb
- yield as a net profit (syn: clear)
- catch with a net
adjective
Extra examples
The net result of the new bridge will be fewer traffic jams.
He was caught in the net of suspicious circumstances.
There is somebody netting the stream.
Poachers have been netting salmon to supply the black market.
The rivers were kept permanently netted for fish.
We fenced off a rabbit-proof area for vegetables and netted the top.
Centre half Tiler netted his first goal for the club.
The book has already netted a quarter of a million pounds.
Bruce spends most evenings surfing the Net (=looking at information in different places on the Internet).
You might find something on the Net.
Henry kicked the ball into the back of the net.
The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month.
The company reported a net loss of $56 million last year.
Vernon estimates the company's net worth at over $8 billion.
The United States is a net importer of beef (=it imports more than it exports).
Word forms
I/you/we/they: net
he/she/it: nets
present participle: netting
past tense: netted
past participle: netted
singular: net
plural: nets
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