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1. Remaining after all deductions
   "net profit";
   - nett
    
2. Conclusive in a process or progression
   "the net result";
   - final, last

1. A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
   - internet, cyberspace, Internet
    
2. A trap made of netting to catch fish, birds or insects
    
3. The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
   - net income, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
    
4. (soccer) a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
    
5. Game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
    
6. An open fabric of string, rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
   - network, mesh, meshing, meshwork

1. Make as a net profit
   "The company netted $1 million";
   - sack, sack up, clear
    
2. Yield as a net profit
   "This sale netted me $1 million";
   - clear
    
3. Construct or form a web, as if by weaving
   - web
    
4. Catch with a net
   "net a fish";
   - nett

Derived forms: nets, netted, netting

See also: clear, take-home, ultimate

Type of: bear, benefit, catch, cloth, computer network, fabric, gain, game equipment, goal, grab, income, material, pay, profit, take hold of, textile, tissue, trap, weave, yield

Encyclopedia: Net, The