[net] 
noun, verb, net⋅ted, net⋅ting.| 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. |
| 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. |
net
For the closing transaction in a security, the difference between net proceeds from the sale and the total outlay for the purchase.
See net income.