Thursday, 28 August 2014

Homonyms - Net (As a Noun, Adjective and Verb)


Net

  1. noun - fishing net
·         We couldn’t believe the number of fish hauled (= pulled) in from our fishing nets this morning.

2.  adj - what’s left when there is there is nothing else to be taken away
  • John really wants to go on holiday. Unfortunately, his net income         (= income after tax is paid) is only enough to cover his monthly expenses.

3.  verb - to get sth good or to earn a lot of money from sth

  • Sally netted herself a small fortune when she sold her company recently.
  • Matt was overjoyed when he netted himself his dream job with a big law firm.

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