English

edit

Prepositional phrase

edit

on net

  1. After expenses or deductions.
    • 1999 August 9, “Tear down walls, or hit them?”, in Forbes[1]:
      Under Willes the Times' circulation has increased on net, but at a price.
    • 2009 May 20, “Statutory Rollback of Salary to Permit Appointment of Member of Congress to Executive Office”, in U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel[2], archived from the original on April 2, 2024:
      The alternative interpretation is to read "shall have been encreased during such time" as "shall have been encreased on net during such time," thereby prohibiting the appointment of a congressional member to an office only when the emoluments of the office are greater at the time of appointment than they were at the start of the member's term.

Synonyms

edit

Translations

edit

Anagrams

edit