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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.
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

net

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

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Financial Dictionary

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.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: net
Pronunciation: 'net
Function: noun
: NETWORK nets —E. B. Steen & Ashley Montagu>
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