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net

1  [net] noun, verb, net⋅ted, net⋅ting.
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–noun
1. a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net.
2. a piece of meshed fabric designed to serve a specific purpose, as to divide a court in racket games or protect against insects: a tennis net; a mosquito net.
3. anything serving to catch or ensnare: a police net to trap the bank robber.
4. a lacelike fabric with a uniform mesh of cotton, silk, rayon, nylon, etc., often forming the foundation of any of various laces.
5. (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball that hits the net.
6. Often, nets. the goal in hockey or lacrosse.
7. any network or reticulated system of filaments, lines, veins, or the like.
8. any network containing computers and telecommunications equipment.
9. the Net, the Internet.
10. Mathematics. the abstraction, in topology, of a sequence; a map from a directed set to a given space.
11. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Reticulum.
12. Informal. a radio or television network.
–verb (used with object)
13. to cover, screen, or enclose with a net or netting: netting the bed to keep out mosquitoes.
14. to take with a net: to net fish.
15. to set or use nets in (a river, stream, etc.), as for catching fish.
16. to catch or ensnare: to net a dangerous criminal.
17. (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to hit (the ball) into the net.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME net (n.), netten (v.), OE net(t) (n.); c. D, ON net, Goth nati, G Netz

Related forms:
net⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
netlike, adjective

Synonyms:
15. seize, capture, trap.

net

2  [net] adjective, noun, verb, net⋅ted, net⋅ting.
–adjective
1. remaining after deductions, as for charges or expenses (opposed to gross ): net earnings.
2. sold at a stated price with all parts and charges included and with all deductions having been made.
3. final; totally conclusive: After all that work, what was the net result?
4. (of weight) after deduction of tare, tret, or both.
–noun
5. net income, profit, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
6. to gain or produce as clear profit.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; var. of neat 1

Related forms:
net⋅ta⋅ble, adjective

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net 1   (nět)   
n.  
  1. An openwork fabric made of threads or cords that are woven or knotted together at regular intervals.
  2. Something made of openwork fabric, especially:
    1. A device for capturing birds, fish, or insects.
    2. A barrier against flying insects.
    3. A mesh for holding the hair in place.
    4. Something that entraps; a snare.
    5. A fine mesh fabric used as curtain or dress material or as the foundation for various laces.
    6. A barrier of meshwork cord or rope strung between two posts to divide a court in half, as in tennis and badminton.
    7. A ball that is hit into this meshwork barrier.
    8. The goal in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse.
    9. The cord meshwork attached to the hoop of a basket in basketball.
  3. Sports
    1. A barrier of meshwork cord or rope strung between two posts to divide a court in half, as in tennis and badminton.
    2. A ball that is hit into this meshwork barrier.
    3. The goal in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse.
    4. The cord meshwork attached to the hoop of a basket in basketball.
  4. A meshed network of lines, figures, or fibers.
  5. A radio, television, or telephone network.
  6. Computer Science See network.
tr.v.   net·ted, net·ting, nets
  1. To catch or ensnare in or as if in a net.
  2. To cover, protect, or surround with or as if with a net.
  3. Sports To hit (a ball) into the net.
  4. To make into a net.

[Middle English, from Old English; see ned- in Indo-European roots.]
net'ter n.
net 2   (nět)   
adj.  
  1. Business
    1. Remaining after all deductions have been made, as for expenses: net profit.
    2. Remaining after tare is deducted: net weight.
  2. Ultimate; final: the net result.
n.  
  1. Business A net amount, as of profit or weight.
  2. The main point; the essence: the net of our discussion.
tr.v.   net·ted, net·ting, nets
  1. To bring in or yield as profit.
  2. To clear as profit.

[Middle English, elegant, remaining after deductions, from Old French, elegant, and from Old Italian netto, remaining after deductions, both from Latin nitidus, clean, elegant; see neat1.]
Net   (nět)   
n.  The Internet.
Usage Note: The word Net is usually capitalized when used as a noun in referring to the Internet, as opposed simply to computer networks of any type. Thus we might speak of one of the most frequently visited sites on the Net but tools for net navigation, since the latter might include tools that are designed for use on networks other than the Internet.
NET  
abbr.  National Educational Television
net·work   (nět'wûrk')   
n.  
  1. An openwork fabric or structure in which cords, threads, or wires cross at regular intervals.
  2. Something resembling an openwork fabric or structure in form or concept, especially:
    1. A system of lines or channels that cross or interconnect: a network of railroads.
    2. A complex, interconnected group or system: an espionage network.
    3. An extended group of people with similar interests or concerns who interact and remain in informal contact for mutual assistance or support.
    4. A chain of radio or television broadcasting stations linked by wire or microwave relay.
    5. A company that produces the programs for these stations.
    6. A group or system of electric components and connecting circuitry designed to function in a specific manner.
    7. Computer Science A system of computers interconnected by telephone wires or other means in order to share information. Also called net1.
    1. A chain of radio or television broadcasting stations linked by wire or microwave relay.
    2. A company that produces the programs for these stations.
    3. A group or system of electric components and connecting circuitry designed to function in a specific manner.
    4. Computer Science A system of computers interconnected by telephone wires or other means in order to share information. Also called net1.
    1. A group or system of electric components and connecting circuitry designed to function in a specific manner.
    2. Computer Science A system of computers interconnected by telephone wires or other means in order to share information. Also called net1.
v.   net·worked, net·work·ing, net·works

v.   tr.
  1. To cover with or as if with an openwork fabric or structure.
  2. To broadcast over a radio or television network.
  3. Computer Science To connect (computers) into a network.
v.   intr.
To interact or engage in informal communication with others for mutual assistance or support.
net'work'er n.
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Net

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

Net\, v. i. To form network or netting; to knit.

Net

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

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : net
Spanish: red, malla,
German: das Netz, Netz-…,
Japanese: 網
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net

What remains after all deductions have been made. (Compare gross.)

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net  (n.)
O.E. net "mesh," from P.Gmc. *natjan (cf. O.N., Du. net, Swed. nät, O.H.G. nezzi, Ger. Netz, Goth. nati "net"), originally "something knotted," from PIE *ned- "to twist, knot" (cf. Skt. nahyati "binds, ties," L. nodus "knot").

net  (adj.)
"remaining after deductions," 1520, from earlier sense of "trim, elegant, clean, neat" (c.1300), from O.Fr. net "clean, pure, bright" (from the same source as neat, q.v.), meaning infl. by It. netto "remaining after deductions." The verb in the sense of "to gain as a net sum" is first recorded 1758.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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net

  1. For the closing transaction in a security, the difference between net proceeds from the sale and the total outlay for the purchase.
  2. See net income.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: net
Function: adjective
Etymology: Anglo-French, clean, pure, from Latin nitidus bright, neat, from nitEre to shine
: remaining after deduction of all charges, outlay, or loss net proceeds> —compare GROSS
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: net
Pronunciation: 'net
Function: noun
: NETWORK nets —E. B. Steen & Ashley Montagu>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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net
1. network.
2. network, the.
3. neural network.
4. The top-level domain originally for networks, although it sees heavy use for vanity domains of all types.
[The Jargon File]
(1999-01-26)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Net

in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat, as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr. diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9). The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps. 69:22; Job 18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27). Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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net

an open fabric of thread, cord, or wire, the intersections of which are looped or knotted so as to form a mesh. Nets are primarily used for fishing

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