net income

American  

noun

net incomes plural

1. the excess of revenues and gains of a business over expenses and losses during a given period of time.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• net incomes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of net income

First recorded in 1760–70

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• gross income vs. net income

Example Sentences

For 2026, the combined free cash flow at the five hyperscalers is expected to drop 91% to about $16 billion, while net income is projected to rise 25% to $506 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The Starlink division generates 70% of all revenues and far more than 100% of all net income, given that the rest of the company loses money.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Under his leadership, Exxon set a record for annual net income by a publicly traded company in 2005.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

In the long run, SpaceX is targeting gross profit margins of 70% and net income margins of 45%, about 10 percentage points better than Alphabet on both metrics.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

His company boosted net income by 14 percent in 2008, and he fully expects the growth to continue.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander