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remaining after all deductions; "net profit" clear, take-home yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" catch with a net; "net a fish" a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) construct or form a web, as if by weaving a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" ultimate |
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