nett
adjective/net/
/net/
(British English) (also net British and North American English)
- [usually before noun] a nett amount of money is the amount that remains when nothing more is to be taken away
- a nett profit of £500
- nett income/earnings (= after tax has been paid)
- nett of something What do you earn nett of tax?
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- [only before noun] the nett weight of something is the weight without its container or the material it is wrapped in
- 450 gms nett weight
- [only before noun] final, after all the important facts have been included
- The nett result is that small shopkeepers are being forced out of business.
- Canada is now a substantial nett importer of medicines (= it imports more than it exports).
- a nett gain
Check pronunciation:
nett