Noun
- 1. net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings, income
- usage: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- 2. wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary, regular payment
- usage: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
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