nets

Noun

• a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
• a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
• 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
• an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
• plural of net
• A training session before playing a cricket match for both bowlers and batsmen or even backups.

Verb

• make as a net profit
• yield as a net profit
• construct or form a web, as if by weaving
• catch with a net
• third-person singular simple present indicative of net

Examples

• He hit the nets seven hours before the cricket match.

Synonyms

clear, cyberspace, earnings, internet, lucre, mesh, meshing, meshwork, net, net income, net profit, nett, network, profit, profits, sack, sack up, web