Clear; pure; unadulterated; neat: as, net (unadulterated) wines.
Clear of anything extraneous; with all deductions (such as charges, expenses, discounts, commissions, taxes, etc.) made: as, net profits or earnings; net proceeds; net weight.
Lowest; not subject to further deduction or discount: as, these prices are net.
To gain or produce as clear profit: as, to net a thousand dollars in a business transaction; the sale netted a hundred dollars.
Abbreviations of the Italian netto, free from all deductions.
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In cricket, an open fabric of twine placed so as to enable batsmen to practise without inconveniencing one another.
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In mining, a heavy leather harness used for lowering or raising horses in a shaft.
To make as a net; make network of; form into a netting; mesh; knot or weave in meshes.
To capture or take with a net, as game; insnare, entangle, or entrap in or by means of network, as any animal.
To take as if with a net; capture by arts, wiles, or stratagems; entangle in difficulty; beguile.
To put into or surround with a net for protection or safe-keeping; hold in place by means of a net, as one's hair; veil or cover, as the head with a net; spread a net over or around, as a fruit-tree to keep off the birds, or a bed to keep out mosquitos.
To make nets or form network; be occupied in knotting or weaving a suitable material into netting.
To use the net in capturing game as an art or industry: as, he nets for a living.
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An open textile fabric, of cotton, linen, hemp, silk, or other material, tied or woven with a mesh of any size, designed or used for catching animals alive, either by inclosing or by entangling them; a netting or network used as a snare or trap.
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Figuratively, a snare or device for entrapping or misleading in any way; a moral or mental trap or entanglement.
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A light open woven fabric, as gauze or muslin, worn or used its a protection from annoying insects: as, a mosquito- net spread over a bed.
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Machine-made lace of many kinds.
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A light open meshed bag for holding or confining the hair. Some are made of threads so fine that they are called invisible nets.