net
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(verb) catch with a net; "net a fish" |
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Synonyms: nett |
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Related Words: catch, grab, take hold of |
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(adjective) remaining after all deductions; "net profit" |
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Synonyms: nett |
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Antonyms: gross |
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(verb) make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" |
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Synonyms: clear, sack, sack up |
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Related Words: benefit, gain, profit |
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(verb) yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" |
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Synonyms: clear |
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Related Words: bear, pay, yield |
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(noun) an open fabric woven together at regular intervals |
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Synonyms: mesh |
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Related Words: cloth, fabric, gauze, grillwork, hairnet, material, netting, reseau, save-all, snood, spark arrester, textile, tulle, veiling, wirework |
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(noun) a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects |
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Related Words: fishing net, fishnet, trap |
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(noun) a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton |
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Related Words: game equipment |
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(noun) a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) |
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Related Words: cage, goal |
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(verb) construct or form a web, as if by weaving |
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Synonyms: web |
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Related Words: tissue, weave |
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(noun) an interconnected or intersecting configuration or system of components |
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Synonyms: mesh, meshwork, network, reticulation |
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Related Words: computer network, early warning system, graticule, grid, reference grid, reseau, reticle, reticule, system, unit |
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(noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time |
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Synonyms: earnings, lucre, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
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Related Words: accumulation, cleanup, dividend, earning per share, gross profit, gross profit margin, income, killing, margin, markup, windfall profit |
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(satellite adjective) conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" |
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Synonyms: final, last |
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