Net vs Balance - What's the difference?
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A mesh of string, cord or rope.
A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
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, title= A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
(by extension) A trap.
* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
(geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.
(sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
To catch by means of a net.
(figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enclose or cover with a net.
(football) To score (a goal).
* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
(tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 28
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters
, work=BBC Sport
To form network or netting; to knit.
(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
Remaining after expenses or deductions.
Final; end.
after expenses or deductions
To receive as profit.
To yield as profit for.
To fully hedge a position.
(uncountable) a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium
(uncountable) mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed
something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium (literally or figuratively); counterweight
a pair of scales
(uncountable) awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity
(uncountable) the overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others
* {{quote-news, year=2012
, date=April 19
, author=Josh Halliday
, title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?
, work=the Guardian
(uncountable) apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.)
(accounting) a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
(accounting) the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
(watchmaking) a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
(legal) the remainder.
(obsolete, astrology) Libra
To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
To make (items) weigh up.
(figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
* Kent
To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
* L'Estrange
(dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
(nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
* Addison
To be in equilibrium.
To have matching credits and debits.
As a noun net
is grandson.As a verb balance is
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English
(NET)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
- A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.}}
Synonyms
* (mesh) mesh, network * (used for catching or trapping) * snare, trap * (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation * (in geometry) development * (in computing) networkDerived terms
* fishnet * hairnet * hit the net * internet * netting * network * neural net * Petri net * safety netVerb
(nett)- And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
- to net a tree
- Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
citation, page= , passage=Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.}}
Synonyms
* (catch by means of a net) catch * (to trap) catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trapEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m). Compare (m), (m).Alternative forms
* nettAdjective
(-)- Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright
- net wine
- net''' profit''; '''''net weight
- net''' result''; '''''net conclusion
Derived terms
* net income * net loss * net weightAdverb
(-)- You'll have $5000 net .
Verb
(nett)- The company nets $30 on every sale.
- The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- Every party is netting their position with a counter-party
balance
English
Alternative forms
* balaunce (obsolete)Noun
- These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.
- Blair thought he could provide a useful balance to Bush's policies.
- The balance of power finally lay with the Royalist forces.
- I think the balance of opinion is that we should get out while we're ahead.
citation, page= , passage=The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.}}
- I just need to nip to a bank and check my balance .
- The balance of the agreement remains in effect.
Synonyms
* (scales) pair of scales, scales, weighing machine, weighbridge (for vehicles) * (equilibrium) equilibrium * (support for both viewpoints) disinterest, even-handedness, fairness, impartiality, neutrality, nonpartisanship * (list of credits and debits) accountAntonyms
* (equilibrium) nonequilibrium, imbalance, unbalance * (support for both viewpoints) bias, favor/favour, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairnessDerived terms
; Accounting: * adjusted trial balance * analytical balance * balance of payments * balance sheet * balanced scorecard * closing balance * comparative balance sheet * trial balance * opening balance ; Other: * balance beam * balance of nature * balance of power * balance of trade * balance wheel * balancing act * chemical balance * hang in the balance * in the balance * keep one's balance * lose one's balance * off balance * on balance * strike a balance * throw off balanceVerb
(balanc)- One expression must check and balance another.
- I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee.
- The circus performer balances a plate on the end of a baton.
- Balance the good and evil of things.
- to balance partners
- to balance the boom mainsail
- This final payment, or credit, balances the account.
- to balance a set of books
- I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker.