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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Example Sentences

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net income

In the second quarter, PayPal reported a net income of $1.1 billion, down 12% from the net income of $1.26 billion the company reported for the same period last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The railroad operator reported net income of 1.02 billion Canadian dollars, or US$728.9 million, down from C$1.23 billion, the year prior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Biogen’s second-quarter net income fell to $97.5 million from $634.8 million a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Centene reported second-quarter net income of $1.09 billion, compared with a loss of $253 million in the same quarter a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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