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net out

Phrasal Verb with net
 
 
/net/ verb [T]

Definition

to be or produce a particular amount of money after tax and other costs have been paid: The facility showed a gross loss of $2.8m, which, when set against investors' deposits of £1.5m, netted out at $1.36m. to be or have a particular amount at the end of a process: We will net out with several hundred additional jobs over two years.
(Definition of net out from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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