netting
noun
[ ˈnɛtɪŋ ]
• open-meshed material made by knotting together twine, wire, rope, or thread.
• "protect crops from pigeons and other birds with netting"
net
verb
• catch or land (a fish or other animal) with a net.
• "damage caused when netting the fish"
• (in sport) hit (a ball) into the net; score (a goal).
• "Butler netted 14 goals"
• cover with a net.
• "we fenced off a rabbit-proof area for vegetables and netted the top"
Origin:
Old English net, nett, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch net and German Netz .
net
verb
• acquire (a sum of money) as clear profit.
• "he netted £2.45 million on the deal"
Similar:
earn,
make,
get,
gain,
obtain,
acquire,
accumulate,
take home,
bring in,
pull in,
clear,
pocket,
realize,
make a profit of,
be paid,
fetch,
yield,
raise,
rake in,
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘clean’ and ‘smart’): from French net ‘neat’; see neat1. The sense ‘free from deductions’ is first recorded in late Middle English.
