net

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A material made of string or rope knotted together with open spaces between, used to catch fish, balls, or other things.

   The fishermen pulled the heavy net out of the water.

2. 2
   adj

   Remaining after all costs, taxes, or deductions have been taken away.

   The company reported a net profit of two million dollars.

3. 3
   verb

   To catch something using a net.

   They netted several large fish that morning.

4. 4
   verb

   To earn an amount of money as profit after costs are taken away.

   The sale netted me a million dollars.

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Simplified etymology

Net, in the sense “remaining after deductions,” was originally a medieval variant of neat and shared its meanings of cleanliness or freedom from impurities. Its financial sense developed in late Middle English.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål ne…

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