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?
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- [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
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