net
Other forms: nets; netting; netted
A net is a device, made of fabric or rope stitched together, used to catch things such as fish or butterflies. Net can also refer to profits.
There are many nets, but two kinds have to do with catching things and making profit. The first net is like a fisherman's net: it's a type of meshing (meaning it has holes) made from rope or wire. This net is used to catch fish, and the holes allow the water to pour out. Also, someone's net worth is how much money they have. A net profit is a company’s earnings. A larger net means more money.
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an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervalstypes:chicken wirea galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fenceshairneta small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in placereseaua net or mesh foundation for lacesafety neta large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapezesave-alla net hung between ship and pier while loading a shipsnoodan ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the headtullea fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gownscheeseclotha coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheesesgossamera gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
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a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
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game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badmintontypes:volleyball netthe high net that separates the two teams and over which the volleyball must passtype of:game equipmentequipment or apparatus used in playing a game
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a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insectstypes:braila small net used to draw fish into a boatdrift neta large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the currentgill neta flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gillslanding neta bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the waterseinea large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottomtrammel, trammel neta fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine meshtype of:trapa device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
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construct or form a web, as if by weaving
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catch with a net
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a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchangesynonyms: cyberspace, internettype of:computer network(computer science) a network of computers
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the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)synonyms: earnings, lucre, net income, net profit, profit, profitstypes:earning per sharethe portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stockwindfall profitprofit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from itfilthy lucreshameful profitgross profit, gross profit margin, margin(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services soldmarkupthe amount added to the cost to determine the asking priceaccumulation(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporationdividendthat part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterlystock dividenda dividend paid in stock rather than in cashextra dividenda dividend paid in addition to the regular dividendequalizing dividenda dividend paid to compensate shareholders for losses resulting from a change in the dividend scheduledivvyshort for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative societytype of:incomethe financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
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yield as a net profit
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make as a net profit
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conclusive in a process or progression
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remaining after all deductions
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