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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net income

For 2025, Bending Spoons reported a net loss of under $1 million, while its adjusted net income was about $402 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The company’s net income came within the forecast range it had given last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The videogame retailer on Monday said it anticipates net income of $290 million to $310 million for its 13 weeks ended Aug. 1, up from net income of $168.6 million in last year’s comparable quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The company posted net income of $322.9 million, compared with $237.4 million a year earlier.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 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