nettable

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adjective

Capable of being caught with a net.

“nettable areas of the lake”

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectivenettable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being caught with a net.

    In an emergency, a few choice fishes have been collected by enterprising divers use^([sic]) up to four different types of nets which can more or less catch almost any fish which is nettable.

    1997, Rodney Jonklaas, Collecting Marine Fishes, page 36

    Antonyms: unnettable

  2. not comparableIn which fish etc. can be caught with a net.

    nettable areas of the lake

  3. not comparablebusinessCapable of producing a net profit on the books.

    Nonnettable inventory is one type of unavailable inventory, but there may also be some nettable inventory that is unavailable to be picked.

    1995, Alan D. Luber, Solving Business Problems with MRP II, →ISBN, page 32
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    If the two trades are not legally nettable, the second trade has almost zero impact on potential exposure. If they are legally nettable, then the second trade significantly reduces potential exposure.

    2003, Peter Field, Modern risk management: a history, page 208

    From a constitutional law standpoint, the often debated question arises as to whether the objective net principle can be sufficiently met simply by way of a chronological loss netting within a given source of income alone or whether the rule of equality of taxation requires that losses be nettable vertically in principle except insofar as particular ground for justification, such as averting abusive tax planning, undermine the principle of setting off losses.

    2008, Statistisches Bundesamt, Dual Income Tax, →ISBN, page 129

    Antonyms: nonnettable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCapable of being caught with a net.

Opposite

adjectiveCapable of producing a net profit on the books.

Opposite

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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