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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: net, nett] [ant: gross] v
1: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: net, nett]

Merriam Webster's

British variant of net

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of NET(2).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Net Net, a. [F. See Neat clean.] 1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.] Her breast all naked as net ivory. --Spenser. 2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.] 3. Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc. [Less properly written nett.] Net tonnage (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see net