net

/net/ verb [T] (present participle netting, past tense and past participle netted)

Definition

MONEY › to get an amount of money as profit: One trader netted a bonus of £1 million.

SPORT › to hit, throw, or kick a ball into a net: He netted a great penalty.

(Definition of net verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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