net1 nounnet2 adjectivenet3 verb
netnet1 /net/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINnet1
Origin:
Old English nettEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a fishing net
- The bride wore a veil made of ivory net.
- The puck went straight into the net.
- By the production line stand basketball nets and ping-pong tables for use during breaks.
- Clips for fixing and joining the nets are available from some cage and netting manufacturers.
- Humpback whales have even been seen to weave a snare of air-bubbles - a bubble net.
- If intervention remains, it should be reduced to the original concept of a safety net for use in extreme emergencies.
- It swipes the underside of the net.
- Mosquito netting: inner door flaps can be unzipped independently from the net.
- Nicholas Branch has unpublished state documents, polygraph reports, Dictabelt recordings from the police radio net on November 22.
- The fishermen will have to use turtle excluder devices in their nets, which allow turtles to escape before they drown.
WORD SETS
AC, accessory, nounadapter, nounaerosol, nounalarm, nounarm, nounash, nounattaché case, nounbag, nounbar, nounbarrel, nounbeep, verbbeeswax, nounbell, nounbelly, nounbelt, nounbench, nounbenzine, nounbinding, nounbiro, nounbolt, nounbooth, nounbox, nounbox, verbbrad, nounbriefcase, nounbristle, nounbrolly, nounbrush, nounbucket, nounbuckle, nounbuffer, nounbulb, nounBulldog clip, nounbulletin board, nounbullhorn, nounbung, nounbunting, nounbusiness card, nounbutt, nounbutton, nounbuzzer, nouncable, nouncalling card, nouncan, nouncandle, nouncane, nouncarbon, nouncarbon copy, nouncarbon paper, nouncard, nouncardboard, nouncardboard, adjectivecardboard cut-out, nouncard catalog, nouncarrier, nouncarrier bag, nouncarryall, nouncart, nouncarton, nouncartridge, nouncase, nouncaster, nouncatch, nounCellophane, nouncesspit, nounchain, nounchalice, nounchannel, nounchart, nounchute, nouncitronella, nounclamp, nouncleat, nounclip, nounclipboard, nouncomb, nouncombination lock, nouncompartment, nouncord, nouncrank, nouncrate, nouncrepe paper, nouncycle, noundetector, noundial, noundigital, adjectivedisposable, adjectivedrape, verbdrawing pin, noundryer, noundurable goods, nounDurex, nounearplug, nounelastic band, nouneraser, nouneyelet, nounfabric, nounfelt-tip pen, nounfemale, adjectivefence, nounfiberglass, nounfibreglass, nounfigurine, nounfilament, nounfile, verbFilofax, nounfire extinguisher, nounfirewood, nounfitness, nounflag, nounflagon, nounflagstaff, nounflashlight, nounflat, adjectivefloodlight, nounfoam, nounfoam, verbfog, verbfolder, nounfoolscap, nounforecourt, nounfountain, nounfountain pen, nounframe, nounfunnel, nounfuse, noungadget, noungadgetry, noungargle, verbgas, nounglue, noungoggles, noungold card, noungranny knot, noungravel, noungravelled, adjectivegravelly, adjectivegrease, noungreetings card, noungrommet, noungum, noungun, noungunnysack, noungut, nounhand-held, adjectivehandle, nounhandloom, nounharness, nounhasp, nounhealth, nounhessian, nounhinge, nounhip, nounhoarding, nounhoist, nounholder, nounhook, nounhoop, nounhooter, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhub, nounhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectiveillness, nounindented, adjectiveinflatable, adjectiveingrained, adjectiveink, nouninn, nouninnkeeper, nouninsoluble, adjectiveivory, nounjacket, nounjack-knife, nounjoss stick, nounjuggle, verbkey, nounkeypad, nounkey ring, nounKleenex, nounknife, nounknob, nounlabel, nounladder, nounlantern, nounlatch, nounlatchkey, nounlather, nounlather, verbLCD, nounlead, nounlectern, nounlegal pad, nounlens, nounletterbox, nounlever, nounlibrary, nounlid, nounlidded, adjectivelift, nounlight, nounlight bulb, nounlink, nounlinseed oil, nounlitter bin, nounlock, nounlodestone, nounlog, nounloop, verblost property, nounmagnet, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnifying glass, nounmale, adjectivemantle, nounmanual, adjectivemarker, nounmarker pen, nounmarket day, nounmast, nounmastic, nounmatchstick, nounmaterial, nounmeter, nounmeths, nounmode, nounmortar, nounmortise lock, nounmould, nounmounting, nounmovement, nounnail, nounnameplate, nounnet, nounnib, nounnipple, nounnon-standard, adjectivenoose, nounnotebook, nounnotepad, nounnoticeboard, nounnozzle, nounnut, nounoil, verboilcan, nounoily, adjectiveorb, nounoutfit, nounoutlet, nounovernight, adverbpack, verbpackage, nounpad, nounpad, verbpadlock, nounpaintwork, nounpantyliner, nounpaper, nounpaperclip, nounpasserby, nounpaste, verbpasteboard, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpattern, nounpaving, nounpearl, nounpen, nounpenknife, nounpicket fence, nounpillbox, nounpince-nez, nounpinhead, nounpipe, nounpix, nounpizza parlor, nounplug, nounpocket, nounpocketbook, nounpocket calculator, nounpocket knife, nounpointer, nounpoison, nounpole, nounportfolio, nounPost-it, nounpowder, nounpowdered, adjectivepropellant, nounpropelling pencil, nounpump-action, adjectivePX, nounquarter, verbrack, nounreceptionist, nounreel, nounrefill, nounreflector, nounrefrigerate, verbregimen, nounreservation, nounreserve, verbsachet, nounsack, nounscratchpad, nounscratch paper, nounscreen, nounsealant, nounsealer, nounsearchlight, nounseason ticket, nounseat, nounself-assembly, adjectiveseptic tank, nounservice, nounservice, verbsetting, nounshade, nounsharpener, nounshovel, nounshovel, verbshovelful, nounsilver paper, nounsiphon, nounslat, nounslice, verbslot machine, nounslug, nounsmoke, nounsoot, nounsort, nounspare part, nounspigot, nounsponge, nounspool, nounspout, nounspray, nounspray can, nounspray paint, nounspring, nounstaff, nounstake, nounstalk, nounstandard, nounstaple, nounstapler, nounstationery, nounsteam, nounsteam clean, verbsteel, nounsteel wool, nounstepladder, nounstick, verbstick, nounsticker, nounstilt, nounstopper, nounstorm lantern, nounstrap, nounstreamer, nounstring, nounstub, nounsucker, nounSuperglue, nounswipe, verbswitch, nounswivel, nountab, nountack, nountag, nountag, verbtank, nountap, nountape, nountassel, nountattle, verbtea break, nounthong, nounthread, nountime-saving, adjectivetinder, nountinderbox, nountissue, nountop, nountote bag, nountowel, verbtray, nountrolley, nountube, nountubing, nountwine, nountwo-way mirror, nounumbrella, nounvent, nounvial, nounwaiting room, nounwasher, nounwaste paper, nounwatch, nounwaterspout, nounwheeled, adjectivewhistle, verbwooden, adjectivewriting paper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Bruce spends most evenings surfing the Net (=looking at information in different places on the Internet). a fishing net Henry kicked the ball into the back of the net. a mosquito net net curtainsCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). The Democratic Party needed a net gain of only 20 votes.
Bruce spends most evenings surfing the Net (=looking at information in different places on the Internet). a fishing net Henry kicked the ball into the back of the net. a mosquito net net curtains (=made of velvet, net etc)
(=after tax has been paid)· The company’s net earnings have fallen over the last two years.
(=the total amount a company spends before/after any tax or costs have been taken away)· Spending on research and development represents 13% of our gross expenditure.
With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). The Democratic Party needed a net gain of only 20 votes. (=income after you have paid tax)· He was left with a net income of just £80 per week.
(=after tax and costs are paid)· The company made a net profit of $10.5 million.
(=the final result)· The net result of fewer officers on the street was rising crime.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Apanage deftly drew the bottle away from the empty net and inserted a magical cork into its neck.· Two minutes after the interval good work by McAvennie allowed McStay to round Paul Mathers and shoot into an empty net.· His teasing cross tempted Paul Robinson off his line and left an empty net for Dwight Yorke to stoop and head in.· Butler's shot into an empty net was consolation for an earlier effort that struck the bar.
· I had a fishing net with me and carefully fished it out.· Others die from entanglement in fishing nets.· Nobody suspected that a significant proportion of the small population was being caught and killed each year in fishing nets.· As the particles catch Lucifer's magnetic field, it is extended into space like a fishing net caught by the tide.· Speed boats and fishing nets also need to be kept out of the area.
· For neural nets and genetic algorithms, it is not so much fallible as crude.· Abstract ideas became focused as he pulled together previous work on neural nets.· Any learning neural net explores a space in which each state is described by a large set of simple parameters.· One could conclude that neural nets love to do pattern classification.· Training sets are typically large, for any kind of neural net.· Subsequent Analysis: The 34 test results showed several close calls by operators that were unquestionably classified by the neural net.· I am grateful to Teresa Ludermir who introduced me to it, and to logical neural nets.· Unlike less sophisticated Al, neural nets do not require that elaborate rule structures be specified in advance.
· Detecting patterns in a large, complex semantic net is difficult to do without the aid of computer programs.· The semantic net of remedial was expanding and expanding.· In the bottom-up approach the paragraphs are first collected, and the semantic net is built as the paragraphs are indexed.· Rough notes may be entered and do not need to be attached to the semantic net.· To build and maintain a semantic net, indexing of paragraphs and semantic net construction go hand-in-hand.· The purpose of the semantic net is to give people an overview of or handle on the content of the text.· A semantic net lends itself to graphic display, and its meaning tends to be intuitively, if not formally, clear.· The role of the semantic net is being explored in this new environment.
· They are a fundamental part of the social safety net and have kept the poverty rate among the elderly relatively low.· In a time when there was no social safety net, a fourth of all workers were unemployed.· The focus of the so-called reform is to decentralize social safety net programs, transferring money and jurisdiction to the 50 states.
· One possibility seems to be that s.61 was intended to cast a wider net of liability than s.62.· They subsequently directed their personnel officials to cast a wider net when searching for potential employees.· The Contempt of Court Act 1991 spreads a wider net over everyone who reports or handles news.· The network has to cast a wide net for this talent.· A wide net helps to prevent this happening and also allows the fish to turn round if they want to.· Man and algae sealed in the capsule divorced themselves from the wide net woven by the rest of life.
NOUN· The decision coincided with reports that at least four Cornish skippers had recently bought drift nets of up to four miles long.· Sea World freed three gray whales in 1988 which had been tangled in drift nets.· For many years the use of drift nets on the high seas has been banned altogether.· In 1988 Sea World freed three gray whales that had become tangled in drift nets.· He rejected claims by environmentalists that drift nets led to overfishing.
· The net effect of these measures has been to give greater autonomy to the central government.· The net effect is thus to balance and harmonize the energy flow.· If both good and bad effects apply to the whole body, the net effect can still be good for the body.
· By 1989, there were 3,000 -a net gain of 1,200 in office functions, retailing and small firms in nursery workshops.
· Are your monthly credit payments more than 15-20 percent of your net income, excluding rent or mortgage?· So the recent fall in house-moving business would have cut gross income by about a fifth and net income by much more.· Also, some people do deals on the net income.· Over the period 1979-1987, the average total net income of this group rose by 31%.
· My chair and everything apart from the rod, landing net and loaf, are left up the bank.· As the trout began to tire, I fumbled for the landing net.· They got their rods and landing nets together and set off for home.· Then I fetch my rod, landing net, loaf and rod-rest.· Use a large landing net, somewhat larger than the size of fish you hope to catch.· You need only one landing net, one keepnet, one set of scales, etc. if you fish close to each other.
· Receipts were down from £1,406 to £863 and a net loss of £160 on the year was returned.
· There are two entrances both with mosquito nets.· A mosquito net was providentially suspended above the bed; the creek was certain to be thick with insects when night fell.· There are also two inner pockets and a mosquito net in each door.· No breath of air stirred the Collector's mosquito net.· To protect people from being bitten they must be educated and persuaded to use insect repellents and mosquito nets.· I lay under my mosquito net and waited.· Both inner doors have mosquito nets at each end and the headroom inside the tent is excellent.· Apparently no one ever thought of using mosquito nets.
· Your net profit is 5 percent on sales.· The amount that is left after the retailer has paid his overheads is called net profit.· The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.· Between 1979 and 1982 there was a reduction in farm net profit of almost 44%.
· Furthermore, simple measurements of sediment at a point represent only the net result of all the processes going on upstream.· The net result is the concentration of effective power in the hands of the government.· The net result is that, however one mixes the energy cake, carbon dioxide emissions go on increasing.· The net result of Honderich's weakness as an historian of ideas is that his book slips into confusion.· The net result is that the total energy return is less than the input.
· The big entitlement programs should be privatized, he says, leaving only a low safety net for the indigent.· The Endangered Species Act is a safety net that comes into play when other environmental and conservation laws have failed.· Two-wheel drive gives better stability and traction in all conditions, but just as importantly is a powerful psychological safety net.· However, States said the new program is providing a better safety net for the drought-plagued wheat growers of the Great Plains.· The material researchers provide makes a great safety net.· They are a fundamental part of the social safety net and have kept the poverty rate among the elderly relatively low.· It now looks as if that safety net is never going to be needed.· Two factors form a reliable safety net for the F-22 program: The Air Force really, really wants it.
· In most economies the bulk of net worth is attributable to the personal sector, i.e. private individuals.
VERB· The decision coincided with reports that at least four Cornish skippers had recently bought drift nets of up to four miles long.· Then you would make enough to buy nylon nets.
· But this festival casts its net beyond the musical world.· They subsequently directed their personnel officials to cast a wider net when searching for potential employees.· One possibility seems to be that s.61 was intended to cast a wider net of liability than s.62.· The network has to cast a wide net for this talent.· It is clearly possible that we are not casting our net sufficiently wide.· I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
· Burglary - where it's reckoned that a only tiny proportion are ever caught - nets £590 million.· The symbolism was extended to the gorge itself Blondin had literally caught it in his net.· This is because most of the fish is caught in double nets by the motor boats and ships.· I catch them in my net.· Every one that hits the net ought to be caught - provided the net has been set properly.· The actual death toll is much greater because thousands more turtles are caught in fishing nets and suffocate.· Abraham is caught in Ephron's net.· Built circa 1880, bits drop off the outside and have to be caught in a wire net hung over the door.
· The actual death toll is much greater because thousands more turtles are caught in fishing nets and suffocate.· These are floats, blown from bottle glass, and used to hold up fishing nets.· There were many anchored wooden boats with large outboard motors, but strangely, there were few fishing nets.· I thought about my brother, when I broke that fishing net.· The harbour porpoise is vulnerable to drowning in fishing nets.· His dock was strewn with beer cans, oil drums, fishing nets.
· Its fixed-interest bond pays 11.50 percent net provided the money is tied up for at least 12 months.. Key move on cards.· But the ability to pay for safety nets is just one of the social effects of having an educated population.· Term accounts are no longer offered by the society, but the share account is now paying only 1.88 p.c. net.
· It can provide a safety net for children in danger as well as for those who have socially or emotionally lost their way.· However, States said the new program is providing a better safety net for the drought-plagued wheat growers of the Great Plains.· The government's starting point with regard to block funding was that they would not provide a safety net.
· It is easiest if the man carrying the stake walks behind the net and the man setting the net walks in front of it.· All around us small fishing boats were wheeling and stopping as they set and retrieved nets.· These men and women work through the night, hauling in the fish, then setting out their nets again.
· Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net.· No one knows how many have slipped through the net.· Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net.· Alan Garcia, Fujimori's predecessor, slipped the net.· Her foot slipped suddenly through the net.· This one slipped through the net.· Paul Merton slipped through the net.· Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net.
· Conversation was desultory for we were all exhausted though Mandeville declared that tomorrow he would spread his net.· It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.· The Contempt of Court Act 1991 spreads a wider net over everyone who reports or handles news.· Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
· We give them quizzes on Britain and allow them to surf the net.
· As the Rattlesnake beat across the seas, Huxley trawled for specimens of sea creatures using an improvised net.· A rarely used volleyball net stood lonely in the dirt and weeds.· Only 12 types of links were used in the semantic net that supported the final draft of the Hypertext book.· A February 1989 Fortune article reported that Ford, for example, was using neural nets to spot faulty paint finishes.· Apparently no one ever thought of using mosquito nets.· Coracles using nets were banned from the Wye in the twenties.· Wilfrid followed this up by teaching the people how to use nets.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1- Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net.
- Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net.
- In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
- No one knows how many have slipped through the net.
- One group still fell through the net.
- Paul Merton slipped through the net.
- This one slipped through the net.
- Furse spread his net wide, but it did not sink deep.
- I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
- It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
- Later that afternoon the police, who had been diligently searching certain caravans on Turpin's Field, spread their net wider.
- We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
- After a while, Swamp invited me to join the rest of the bowlers in the nets.
- After eleven minutes it looked as though the changes would work, when John headed into the net from a centre by Hulme.
- Because I think the Net fundamentally undermines the continued existence of the nation-state, which is already past its economic usefulness.
- Hidden in the Net is the mystery of the Invisible Hand-control without authority.
- I run the nets out to the full extent and erect them on the return journey.
- In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
- In addition to inaugurating a new era of news, PointCast is pioneering an innovative way to advertise on the Net.
- Ultimately, the net effect of the Bettelheim uproar was-not much.
- Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net.
- Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net.
- In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
- No one knows how many have slipped through the net.
- Paul Merton slipped through the net.
- Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net.
- This one slipped through the net.
- I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
- We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
- Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net.
- Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net.
- In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
- No one knows how many have slipped through the net.
- Paul Merton slipped through the net.
- Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net.
- This one slipped through the net.
internet the Net (also the net) the system that allows millions of computer users around the world to exchange information SYN the web: Bruce spends most evenings surfing the Net (=looking at information in different places on the Internet).on the Net You might find something on the Net.2for fishing/catching things [countable] something used for catching fish, insects, or animals which is made of threads or wires woven across each other with regular spaces between them: a fishing net a butterfly net3for sports [countable] a)the thing that players must hit the ball over in games such as tennis b)the thing behind the posts that players try to kick or hit the ball into in games such as football or hockey: Henry kicked the ball into the back of the net.4for keeping things out [countable] something used for keeping things out, for example insects or birds, which is made of threads woven across each other with regular spaces between them: a mosquito net5material [uncountable] very thin material made from fine threads woven together, with small spaces between: net curtains6slip through the net if criminals slip through the net, they avoid attempts by the police etc to catch them7fall/slip through the net if someone or something falls or slips through the net, a system which was designed to help or check them has not succeeded in doing this: In a class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.8cast/spread your net wide to consider or try as many things as possible in order to find what you want: Record companies are casting their nets wide in search of new talent. → fishnet stockings, hairnet, safety net, nettingnet1 nounnet2 adjectivenet3 verb
netnet2 ●○○ (also nett British English) adjective [only before noun] WORD ORIGINnet2
Origin:
1400-1500 French ‘bright, clean’; ➔ NEATEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Foreign investors were net buyers, though some were waiting for a market drop to allow bargain-hunting.
- It is the price of the bonds that determines the net asset value of bond funds.
- Orange is expected to break even in net income terms by 1998.
- Ronson told bankers that the March 31 accounts would show net assets had fallen to £135 million compared with £585 million previously.
- That account tells us the amount of net payments over receipts compared with the budgeted figures.
Longman Language Activatorsomething that happens or exists because of something else
something that happens because of someone's actions or because of something else that happened before: result of: · Her constant cough is the result of many years of smoking.· The results of the attack included two helicopters burnt out, and three groundcrew wounded.with the result that: · More and more people are using cars, with the result that towns are much more polluted.as a result: · Jobs are hard to get and, as a result, more young people are continuing their education.a direct result of something (=caused by only one thing even if people think there may be other causes): · Her parents believe that her death was a direct result of medical error.
when a person or situation is changed by something that happens or something that someone does: effect of: · The effects of the oil spill were devastating for wildlife.· the harmful effects of radiationhave an effect/have no effect: · All my efforts to persuade them were beginning to have an effect.· I've been taking these pills for three days, but so far they've had no effect.effect on: · The death of a parent can have very serious and long-lasting effects on a child.have a bad/good effect (on something/somebody): · Any increase in fuel costs could have a bad effect on business.
the consequences of an action, decision etc are the things that happen as a result of it, which are usually bad: consequence of: · Pain and illness are sometimes thought to be the unavoidable consequences of growing old.consequence for: · If river levels continue to rise, it will have very serious consequences for many people's homes.take/face the consequences (=accept the bad results of something you do): · People who run up big debts eventually have to face the consequences.damaging/dire/disastrous etc consequences: · Safety procedures had been ignored, with disastrous consequences.
formal all the possible results that a plan, action, or discovery could have, especially when they affect what you think or do or what happens in the future: implications of: · The legal implications of the case are extremely significant.implications for: · Any change in interest rates has important implications for most people's financial situation.important/significant/profound etc implications: · The discovery of planets orbiting other suns has profound implications.
the situation that exists at the end of a meeting, activity, or series of events, especially when no one knows what this will be until it actually happens: · Whatever the outcome, I hope we remain friends.· The talks had a better outcome than we had originally hoped.outcome of: · It's impossible to say for sure what the outcome of the election will be.affect/influence the outcome: · The patient's general health and fitness can also affect the outcome of the disease.predict the outcome: · At this point, I wouldn't even try to predict the outcome, but we're hoping for the best.
the result of something, especially when it is a little unusual or unexpected: upshot of: · What was the upshot of the trial?the upshot is that: · The upshot of that experience was that I decided I didn't want to study medicine after all.
the final situation that exists after a long time, process, or series of events: · It was impossible for many small businesses to survive, and the end result was the loss of many jobs.the end result is that: · If students constantly fail, the end result is that they switch off any interest in learning.
the final situation that exists when you consider all the details and facts - use this when this situation is not good: · The net result of global warming will be a rise in sea levels.the net result/effect is that: · The new system is designed to spread payments over several months but the net effect is that people pay more in total.
a bad effect that exists for a long time after the activity or event that caused it: · The earthquake struck a week ago but the city is still feeling the aftereffects.aftereffect of: · A large number of working days are lost through the aftereffects of alcohol abuse.psychological aftereffects: · The psychological aftereffects of a tragedy like the Zeebrugge disaster can stay with the survivors for years.
WORD SETSadmin, nounadministration, nounadministrative, adjectiveadministrator, nounagency, nounagent, nounbalance sheet, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbig business, nounbook value, nounboss, nounbottom line, nounbranch, nouncapacity, nouncapital, nouncapital assets, nouncapital gains, nouncapital goods, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivecapitalist, nouncard, nouncentralize, verbcompetitiveness, nounconsultancy, nouncontract, nouncontract, verbcost-effective, adjectivecoupon, nouncritical path, noundecentralize, verbdeveloper, noundistiller, noundistributor, noundiversify, verbdownsize, verbeconomics, nounenterprise, nounentrepreneur, nounestablishment, nounfashion, nounfly-by-night, adjectivefold, verbfoodstuff, nounform letter, nounfranchise, verbfranchisee, noungazump, verbgearing, noungeneric, adjectiveget, verbhard sell, nounhaute couture, nounhigh season, nounhigh technology, nounhike, nounhike, verbloss, nounlow-tech, adjectivemaximize, verbMD, nounmerchandise, verbmerchandising, nounmerger, nounmiddleman, nounmiller, nounmission statement, nounmom-and-pop, adjectivemoneygrabbing, adjectivemoneymaker, noun-monger, suffixmonopolistic, adjectivemonopoly, nounnet, adjectivenet, verbniche, nounoff-the-peg, adjectiveopening time, nounoperation, nounoperational, adjectiveoperator, nounoption, nounoutlay, nounoutlet, nounoutput, nounoutwork, nounoverhead, nounoverstock, verbpackage, nounpartner, nounpartnership, nounpatent, nounpayola, nounpercentage, nounpiracy, nounpremium, nounprivate practice, nounprivatization, nounprivatize, verbprofitability, nounproprietor, nounproprietress, nounpurchase price, nounpurchasing power, nounquiet, adjectiveR & D, nounrate of return, nounrecall, verbreject, nounrep, nounresearch and development, nounrestrictive practices, nounrevenue, nounsell, verbservice industry, nounsleeping partner, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivestreet value, nounsubtotal, nounswap meet, nounsweatshop, nounsyndicate, nounsystems analyst, nountake, nountender, nountie-up, nounTM, transact, verbtransaction, nounturnover, nounundersell, verbuneconomic, adjectiveunit, noununprofitable, adjectivevideo conferencing, nounwatchdog, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month. The company reported a net loss of $56 million last year. Vernon estimates the company’s net worth at over $8 billion.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). The Democratic Party needed a net gain of only 20 votes.
The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month. The company reported a net loss of $56 million last year. Vernon estimates the company’s net worth at over $8 billion. (=made of velvet, net etc)
(=after tax has been paid)· The company’s net earnings have fallen over the last two years.
(=the total amount a company spends before/after any tax or costs have been taken away)· Spending on research and development represents 13% of our gross expenditure.
With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). The Democratic Party needed a net gain of only 20 votes. (=income after you have paid tax)· He was left with a net income of just £80 per week.
(=after tax and costs are paid)· The company made a net profit of $10.5 million.
(=the final result)· The net result of fewer officers on the street was rising crime.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· These would spend a larger proportion of their incomes and so net savings would be reduced.
NOUN· Unit trusts are permitted to operate a spread as wide as 15 percent of the net asset value of the fund.· It is the price of the bonds that determines the net asset value of bond funds.· Launch costs are capped at 3.5 percent, giving a net asset value after launch of 96.5 percent of gross proceeds.· This may be particularly important in service industries where there may be limited net asset backing.· It continues to place strong emphasis on tight cost controls and has seen net assets rise 14% to £26.9m.· A pro-forma statement of the combined companies' net assets was £294m.· Prices based on a multiple of earnings tend to require more detailed and thorough completion accounts than net asset value based prices.· Stock analysts have written down the bank's net asset value by a correspondingly precise sum.
· Ultimately the net benefits from insider dealing must equal the net losses.· This study finds evidence for net benefits for all the member states.· There would be no net benefit to training.
· In other words, it is the rate that equates future net cash flows to the initial investment outlay.· Total inflows minus total outflows results in the predicted net cash gain or loss during the month.· The Wetherby, Yorkshire company now has £600,000 net cash.· National Medical generated $ 193 million in net cash from operations in 1994.· It was easily affordable: the rights issue last year strengthened the finances and left year end net cash of £77m.· After starting last year with net debt of £6.3m, it now has net cash of almost £4m.· The problem with a high-tech start-up is that you have a net cash outflow.· Despite the costs of launching Carlton Television, the company still has a strong balance sheet, with net cash of £50.3m.
· He walked to the chair and looked through the grubby net curtain.· In all of them hang net curtains.· He walked to the window and gazed down through the net curtains.· Neighbours had watched discreetly through parted net curtains.· The net curtains were planets of watery growth.· Outside, the once-respectable semis have crooked To Let signs and greying net curtains.· A net curtain stirs at the window, diffusing the sharpness of the outside world.· Beyond the window, a screen whose net curtains looked poised to fall, Karen heard voices.
· In most cases the imputation system ensures that nil and net earnings are the same.· It had net earnings of $ 2. 2 million on sales of $ 32. 3 million last year.· Its reported net earnings are therefore lower than the reported nil earnings of firm A even though its taxable earnings are the same.· Safilo reported net earnings of 312 billion lire in the first nine months of 1995, up 25 percent from 1994.· Farr calculated the contribution of workers to economic growth by estimating the future net earnings of labourers dying at different ages.
· The net effect of superimposing habituation on imprinting would be to displace the preference away from the familiar.· In both these cases, the net effect upon equilibrium price will be zero; price will not change.· The net effect of the application of the liberal model for developing work with the unemployed is thus somewhat muted and minimal.· The net effect is to paralyze the organization in the present.· But the net effect has been to leave exactly the same number dependent upon means-tested assistance.· Ultimately, the net effect of the Bettelheim uproar was-not much.· The net effect of strategy 2 is to exchange dollars for 1 at the end of the year.· The net effect of all these changes is hard to estimate.
· Areas with the highest levels of unemployment are likely to be net exporters of population.· Hence the country with the lower p will be a net exporter of manufactured products.
· A closed system is a system in which there is no net gain or loss of matter in the system.· Between 1989 and 1991, large companies with 500 or more employees contributed a net gain of only 122, 000 jobs.· Society would make a net gain by producing more films.· Florida had a net gain of 127, 180, followed by California with about 61, 000.· In the 1990s, the South had a net gain of 326,000 adult blacks from the rest of the country.· But the Democratic Party needs a net gain of only 20 seats.· There is a net gain to both countries equivalent to areas 2 + 4.· You pay taxes on your share of the net gains achieved by the fund manager.
· They expect to be net importers of a variety of items - varying from computers to television programming.
· I would point out how much better pensioners have done under this Government than under our predecessor in terms of pensioners' net incomes.· That produced net income of $ 126 million, or 37 cents a share.· Very few professional men then could expect a net income of £2,000 a year by the age of forty.· Taking the charge more slowly increases net income and makes a company look more profitable.· Its net income rose to $ 525m from $ 434m a year ago.· This procedure, known as the capitalization of costs, also increases net income.· The conventional view of poverty is based solely on the distribution of net incomes.· An increase in the net income of the wage-earners is therefore assured.
· In a system that encodes information in terms of patterns of activity information processing could be going on without a net increase in metabolism.· Florida and California had the highest net increase of immigrants resettling from one state to another.· In short, the outcome is allocatively inefficient: a rearrangement of resources would produce a net increase in the satisfaction of wants.· With those operations closing, it is not expected to result in a net increase in permanent jobs.· A two-thirds vote would only be required if changes result in a net increase in taxes.
· It had net interest income of $ 3. 05 million in the 1994 period.· The net interest charge increased significantly in the second half of the year, reflecting the year's cash outflow.· It received net interest and dividends in the 1990 fiscal year that accounted for more than 20% of its operating profits.
· So long as demand stays at 1,000 units, no net investment will take place.· The Accelerator Theory relates net investment to the rate of change of output.· Notice here that although demand has risen from year 2 to year 3, net investment has remained the same.· Or there's cash flow, the difference between cash income minus net investment, which averages £15,700.· Economic earnings are therefore equal to reported earnings plus new external funds less net investment.
· Ultimately the net benefits from insider dealing must equal the net losses.· But the New York-based company continued its string of yearly losses, ending 1995 with a net loss of $ 124 million.· Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time.· Even so-called liberation movements nearly always resulted in net losses for women.· It had a net loss of $ 5. 3 million, or 14 cents a share.
· CrossCom says that it plans to use the net proceeds for new product development and for working capital.· Foundation treasurer Alan Wilson said net proceeds are about $ 182, 000, with about 11, 000 pairs to sell.· The net proceeds will be used to buy capital equipment, fund leasehold improvements and facilities expansion, and for working capital.· It said it will use the net proceeds to acquire long-life natural gas reserves and exploit development opportunities.· Immediately after issue the amount attributable to an instrument within non-equity shareholders' funds should be the net proceeds of the issue.· The net proceeds from the issue of equity shares and warrants for equity shares should be credited directly to shareholders' funds.· Immediately after issue, debt should be stated at the amount of the net proceeds. 25.
· Fujitsu says it expects to break even in 1993-94, with zero net profit.· That product line now produces over 20 percent of our net profits.· The balance of the profit and loss account represents the net profit or loss for the accounting period.· For the first nine months of 1991 net profits rose 3 percent to £857m and turnover rose 3 percent to £1545m.· Nestle posted 1994 net profit of 2. 94 billion francs, before items.· Analysts reckon the company's net profit probably halved last year, to around 500 billion lire.· The preliminary figures were below many analysts' predictions of 125 billion in net profit.
· In particular, it is recognised that agents may use some assets as a buffer-stock against unforeseen changes in net receipts.
· The net result is that the lack of that information results in the application being delayed for many months.· The net result would probably be active combat that could end in a draw.· The net result of these antagonistic effects was that no significant change in soluble calcium was observed.· The net result of war making by way of symbols is to widen the actual gap between luxury and poverty.· The net result, say some officials, is that foreign money has frequently ended up fertilising or irrigating opium fields.· The net result of this change is that return on sales will increase to 11. 9 percent.· The net result is that fewer drugs adapted to the needs of the poor are in development.· Yet the net result of his pages of lists is to create a curious abundance-effect.
· Therefore there was a net sale of 5.4 billion of new gilts to the private sector.· Fourthquarter 1995 net sales, Digital Link said, were about $ 10 million, in line with year-earlier levels.· Business machines accounted for 81.3 percent of net sales as demand for cameras and other optical products slipped, it said.· Case had 1994 net sales of $ 4. 3 billion.· Excluding the mergers, net sales for 1995 rose 28 % to $ 928 million.· Posted net sales of $ 246 million in 1996.
· It has net worth of £430 million and net debt of £325 million.· Associates was well-financed, when the firm had a negative net worth.· My net worth dropped to zero.· In 1994, after the killings, his net worth was $ 11 million.· You now make $ 85, 000, and you have a net worth.· A more sophisticated way of assessing federal debt would be to try to compute our net worth by subtracting debt from assets.· His net worth was estimated at $ 11 million only four years ago at the time of his divorce.· Forbes has declined to release such forms or to declare his net worth.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1the net amount is the final amount that remains after all the other amounts have been taken away: - The net result of global warming will be a rise in sea levels.
- The new system is designed to spread payments over several months but the net effect is that people pay more in total.
- But the net effect has been to leave exactly the same number dependent upon means-tested assistance.
- The net effect is to paralyze the organization in the present.
- The net effect of superimposing habituation on imprinting would be to displace the preference away from the familiar.
- The net result is clear: the wire will be pulled toward Mars and will stay taut under this combination of forces.
- The net result of this mechanism is increased sodium in the extracellular fluid.
- The net result, say some officials, is that foreign money has frequently ended up fertilising or irrigating opium fields.
- We found that neither in theory nor in practice need the net effect be one of disincentive.
- Yet the net result of his pages of lists is to create a curious abundance-effect.
- Documents must not be handed to drivers or otherwise issued with blank spaces for recording particulars of tare weights or net weights.
- I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
- We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
- Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net.
- Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net.
- In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
- No one knows how many have slipped through the net.
- Paul Merton slipped through the net.
- Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net.
- This one slipped through the net.
The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month. The company reported a net loss of $56 million last year. Vernon estimates the company’s net worth at over $8 billion. The United States is a net importer of beef (=it imports more than it exports).2 net result/effect the final result or effect of something: The net result will be higher costs to the consumer.3net weight the weight of something without its container—net adverb: He earns $40,000 net. jars of coffee weighing 450 grams netnet1 nounnet2 adjectivenet3 verb
netnet3 verb (past tense and past participle netted, present participle netting) WORD ORIGINnet3
Origin:
1 1700-1800 ➔ NET22-4 1500-1600 ➔ NET1VERB TABLE
net
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | net |
| he, she, it | nets | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | netted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have netted |
| he, she, it | has netted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had netted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will net |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have netted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am netting |
| he, she, it | is netting | |
| you, we, they | are netting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was netting |
| you, we, they | were netting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been netting |
| he, she, it | has been netting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been netting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be netting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been netting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- An undercover drug sweep netted 22 suspects in one evening.
- Donna got a raise in February, but she's still only netting $19,000 a year.
- For the first three months of 1990, Starcorp netted $547 million.
- Measure A netted only 58 percent of the vote.
- A few folks probably got buzzed and the sale netted $ 125.
- But town have netted only around half that in sales.
- The event, expected to net more than $ 1 million, was sponsored by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
- The lake is commercially netted by licensed fishermen.
Longman Language Activatorto earn an amount of money after tax etc has been taken away
to earn a certain amount of money, after tax etc has been taken away from your pay: · Lidia takes home only about $150 a week.· Did you know that plumbers can take home as much as $40,000 a year?
to earn a particular amount of money as a profit after tax has been paid - use this especially to talk about companies or businesses making money: · For the first three months of 1990, Starcorp netted $547 million.· Donna got a raise in February, but she's still only netting $19,000 a year.
to earn a particular amount of money after tax etc has been taken away, especially in a job where you work for yourself: · Sandra cleared £50,000 last year.· A good lawyer can clear $250,000 a year easily.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). The Democratic Party needed a net gain of only 20 votes.
(=made of velvet, net etc)
(=after tax has been paid)· The company’s net earnings have fallen over the last two years.
(=the total amount a company spends before/after any tax or costs have been taken away)· Spending on research and development represents 13% of our gross expenditure.
With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel (=it exports more fuel than it imports). The Democratic Party needed a net gain of only 20 votes. (=income after you have paid tax)· He was left with a net income of just £80 per week.
(=after tax and costs are paid)· The company made a net profit of $10.5 million.
(=the final result)· The net result of fewer officers on the street was rising crime.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· A total of 144 anglers netted 462 fish.
· Craighton added a fifth for Chatteris and Dave Lee netted a consolation goal for the Shrimpers four minutes from time.· Leading scorer Tommy Mooney netted his eleventh goal of the campaign on 38 minutes.· Matthias Sammer netted both goals in the second half to keep Dortmund in third place.· Wegerle also netted the third goal, in the final minute, from an obviously offside position.· Don Goodman, later to be transferred for £1 million to Sunderland, netted the only goal.· He netted 9 goals for United.
· Finally I took the mosquito netting from a nail out the barn.· Uncle Michael on a metal bed, cocooned in a fold of army blanket under mosquito netting, drawing ragged breaths.
· Another deal made while he was still in office helped net a handsome profit for his wife, Honey.· In the first half, net profit more than doubled to 1. 86 billion francs.· In financial terms, net parental profit has never been so negative.
· If the top leaders fail, there's no safety net, no recourse.· Trapeze artists, firefighters and high-rise building workers rely on safety nets for protection.· The unbending insistence on fiscal retrenchment, whatever the impact on countries with non-existent social safety nets, should be rethought.· But, where can investors now find safety nets?· The law career had been my safety net for many years by then.
· Call 791-2263 for information, or see their website at www. pfu. net / upstairs.
VERB· Action against the trusts alone is expected to net the Treasury £ 500m.· The event, expected to net more than $ 1 million, was sponsored by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.· She said she had expected to net $ 10, 000 from the $ 1 million drug scheme.· He is expected to net £ 6m.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[transitive] informal to earn a particular amount of money as a profit after tax has been paid: - I cast my net wide enough to find parents who vary from house cleaner to fashion designer to electrician to corporate manager.
- We cast our net wider and in a different direction.
- Even with the former region's history of testing in primaries, children continue to slip through the net.
- Graham, on the other hand, had nearly slipped through the net.
- In a child-centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing.
- No one knows how many have slipped through the net.
- Paul Merton slipped through the net.
- Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net.
- This one slipped through the net.
I was netting around $64,000 a year.2[transitive] to succeed in getting something, especially by using your skill: The company has recently netted several large contracts. An undercover sweep netted 22 suspects in one evening.3[intransitive, transitive] informal to hit or kick the ball into the net in sport: Rooney has netted nine goals for United so far this season.4[transitive] to catch a fish in a net: We netted three fish in under an hour.