Synonyms:
net, nett
Meaning: remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
Synonyms:
final, last, net
Meaning: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
internet, net, cyberspace
Meaning: a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
Synonyms:
net
Meaning: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
net, sack, sack_up, clear
Meaning: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
Usage examples
"What about a landing net?"
Here it is simply the difference between gross and net rent.
He was running wildly towards them, his absurd net dangling behind him.
He was drawing the net with his own hands, he was spying with his own eyes.
Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net and had wound the twine into a ball.
The total product is sometimes called the "gross rent," but economic rent is "net rent."
The Epeira has her treacherous limed net; the Spider of the bushes has her no less treacherous labyrinth.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net.
The mighty steed was in the act of clearing a wide shallow channel when we were caught in the net of the darkness.
When the Master fished with hook and line, he did not also use a net. When out with his bow, he would never shoot at game in cover.