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

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 company reported net income of $374.5 million, or $2.38 a share, up from $78.4 million, or 49 cents a share, the year prior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

The higher outlook came as Sherwin-Williams posted net income of $843.6 million, or $3.43 a share, for its three months ended June 30, up from $754.7 million, or $3 a share, a year earlier.

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