How to spell net

Net is spelled N-E-T. The part people get wrong: one T.

hear itnet/nɛt/nounRules and real life

What it means: A mesh used for catching things.

In a sentence: They used a net to catch butterflies in the garden.

The part people get wrong

Same family: netted, netting, net-income, net-profit, net-loss. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: In business English, the financial sense of “net” comes from the idea of what is left after everything unwanted is removed, similar to how a fishing net lets water pass through but keeps the fish. This usage developed from older meanings of “net” as ‘clean’ or ‘neat’ in accounting and trade.

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