Net

Noun

 * 1) A mesh of string, cord or rope.
 * 2) A device made from such mesh, generally used for catching fish.
 * 3) A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
 * 4) Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
 * Petri net
 * 1)  A trap.
 * caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
 * 1)  Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
 * 2)  A computer network.
 * 3)  A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
 * The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
 * 1)  A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
 * 1)  A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

Synonyms

 * (mesh): mesh, network
 * (used for catching or trapping):
 * (figurative: a trap): snare, trap
 * (anything that has the appearance of a net): reticulation
 * (in geometry): development
 * (in computing): network

Derived terms

 * fishnet
 * hairnet
 * hit the net
 * internet


 * netting
 * network
 * neural net
 * Petri net

Verb

 * 1)  To catch by means of a net.
 * 2)   To catch in a trap.
 * 3)   To score (a goal).
 * Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

Synonyms

 * (catch by means of a net): catch
 * (to trap): catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Adjective

 * 1)  Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
 * 2) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:
 * Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright [...].
 * 1) Remaining after expenses or deductions.
 * net profit ; net weight
 * 1) Final.
 * net result; net conclusion

Antonyms

 * gross

Derived terms

 * net income
 * net loss


 * net weight

Noun

 * 1) The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

Verb

 * 1)  To receive as profit.
 * The company nets $30 on every sale.
 * 1) To fully hedge a position.
 * Every party is netting their position with a counter-party

Thesaurus
acquire, afford, angle, apprehend, arabesque, arrest, asking price, avails, avoirdupois, bag, bait, bait the hook, balance, bargain price, basketry, basketwork, be seized of, beef, beefiness, bid, bid price, birdlime, bob, bola, box office, braid, bring in, burden, cancellation, capital gains, capitalize on, capture, cash in on, cash price, catch, catch out, circuit, clam, clean up, cleanup, clear, clear profit, coast-to-coast hookup, cobweb, coin money, colander, come by, come in for, come into, commercialize, commissions, contract, controlled price, corral, cramp, credit, credits, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, cripple, crop, cross-hatching, crossing-out, cumber, current price, current quotation, cut price, dap, deadweight, decoy, deficit, derive, dib, dibble, difference, discrepancy, disposable income, dividend, dividends, drag down, dragnet, draw, drive, earn, earned income, earnings, embarrass, encumber, enlace, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, enter into possession, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, enweb, epact, fatness, fetter, filigree, filthy lucre, fish, fishhook, fixed price, flat rate, fly, fly-fish, foul, fret, fretwork, gain, gain by, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, gettings, gig, gill net, gin, gleanings, go fishing, going price, grate, grating, gravity, grid, gridiron, grig, grille, grillwork, gross, gross income, gross profit, gross receipts, gross weight, ground bait, guddle, hachure, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harpoon, harvest, hatching, heaviness, heft, heftiness, hoard, hobble, honeycomb, hook, hook in, hookup, impede, income, intake, interest, interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave, intort, inveigle, involve, jack, jacklight, jig, killing, knit, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lame, land, lariat, lasso, lattice, latticework, left, leftover, lime, list price, liveweight, loom, loop, lucre, lumber, lure, make, make a killing, make an arrest, make money, make money by, makings, market price, mat, mesh, meshes, meshwork, nail, neat price, neat profit, neat weight, net income, net profit, net receipts, net weight, netting, network, noose, obtain, odd, output, outstanding, over, overbalance, overweight, package price, paper profits, pay, pay off, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pick up, pickings, piece price, plait, pleach, plexure, plexus, plug, ponderability, ponderosity, ponderousness, porosity, porousness, pound net, poundage, press down, price list, prices current, proceeds, procure, produce, profit, profits, pull down, purse seine, put under arrest, quotation, quoted price, raddle, radio links, rake-off, realize, realize on, reap, receipt, receipts, receivables, recommended price, remainder, remaining, remanent, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, return, returns, revenue, riddle, rope, royalties, sack, saddle with, score, screen, screening, secure, seine, seize, selling price, shackle, shrimp, sieve, sievelikeness, snag, snare, snarl, sniggle, spare, spear, spin, spinner, splice, sponge, spread the toils, springe, squid, still-fish, stock market quotations, store, strainer, superfluous, surplus, surviving, take, take captive, take into custody, take prisoner, take-in, takings, tangle, tangle up with, texture, throughput, tissue, to spare, toil, toils, tonnage, torch, tracery, trade price, trammel, trap, trawl, trellis, trelliswork, trip, troll, turn a penny, turn to account, turn to profit, twill, twine, twist, unconsumed, underweight, unearned income, unit price, unused, wattle, wealth, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, weigh down, weight, weightiness, whale, wholesale price, wicker, wickerwork, win, wind, winnings, wobbler, wreathe, yield

Etymology 1
From net:, from.

Etymology 2
From neth:,  net:, from  nitidus:. Compare nitid:, neat:.

Alternative forms

 * nett

Noun

 * Acholi:
 * Albanian: rrjetë
 * Arabic: شبكة
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 網, 网
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * for large fish: δίχτυ (dikhti)
 * for small fish: απόχη (apokhe)


 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 網
 * Korean: 그물
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: tīkls
 * Malay: Jaring, jala
 * Malayalam: വല (vala)
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: reţea, plasă
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వల (vala)


 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Kurdish:


 * Latvian: tīkls
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: xarxa,
 * Danish: (je)
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: δίχτυ (dikhti), πλέγμα (plegma) , βρόγχος (vronkhos)
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: メッシュ
 * Korean: 그물
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: reţea
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వల (vala)


 * Catalan: xarxa, malla
 * Dutch:, valstrik, strikken
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: δίχτυ (dikhti)
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: వల (vala)


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: δίχτυωτό (dikhtioto)


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Polish:


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 網絡, 网络, 網路, 网路
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: net, netwerk
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: δίκτυο (diktio), βρόγχος (vronkhos)
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ネットワーク
 * Latvian: tīkls
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: mreža, omrežje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * : roued -où  (1,2), griped  (3), kenrouedad  (5)
 * : rete
 * : rete
 * : reţea
 * : umben, taunem (mosquito net)

Verb

 * Finnish: pyytää verkolla, pyydystää verkolla, haavia
 * German: mit einem Netz fangen
 * Hebrew: תפס
 * Interlingua: attrappar con un rete


 * Italian: impigliare in una rete, intrappolare con una rete, irretire
 * Portuguese: aprisionar com uma rede, enredar
 * Romanian: a prinde cu o reţea
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: saada verkkoon
 * Hebrew: תפס


 * Swahili:

Adjective

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: netto-, puhdas
 * French:
 * German: netto, Netto-
 * Hebrew: נקי
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: lom
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: uiteindelijk, finaal
 * Finnish: lopullinen, loppu-
 * Hebrew:


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:


 * : nette (1), final (2)
 * : netto (1), final (2)

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: καθάρο κέρδος (katharo kerdos)


 * Hebrew: נטו, רווח נקי
 * Interlingua: saldo
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: net, netă
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Dutch: netto vangen/verdienen
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: netto verdienen
 * Hebrew: הרוויח


 * Interlingua: lucrar
 * Portuguese: lucrar
 * Romanian: ,

Anagrams

 * ent, ENT
 * ten

Adjective

 * 1) clean
 * 2) net

Adverb

 * 1) cleanly

Noun

 * 1) net (mesh)

Derived terms

 * netvlies

Adjective

 * 1) clean, tidy

Derived terms

 * netheid
 * netjes

Adverb

 * 1) just, nearly
 * 2) just recently

Derived terms

 * net als

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From net:, which is borrowed from  net:, from  nitidus:.

Anagrams

 * ent, ten

Noun

 * 1) (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
 * 2) A network (computing)
 * 3) A net for carrying hay

Etymology
From net:, from.

Adjective

 * 1) clean, tidy
 * 2) clear
 * 3) neat
 * 4) net

Etymology
From nitidus:.

Derived terms

 * nettement
 * netteté

Noun

 * 1) net
 * 2)  network
 * 3)  the Internet
 * 4) * Ég þoli,  kemst   netið.
 * I can't stand it, I can't connect to the internet.

Etymology
From net:, from.

Pronoun

 * 1)  they

Synonyms

 * het

Noun

 * 1) net

Etymology
From, whence also Old High German nezzi:, Old Norse net:, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹:.

Descendants

 * English:

Noun

 * 1) net

Etymology
From, whence also Old English net: (English net:).

Descendants

 * Danish: net
 * Faroese: net
 * Icelandic: net


 * Norwegian: nett, net
 * Swedish: nät

Adverb

 * 1) not