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

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Bank of Nova Scotia’s third-quarter net income rose to 2.95 billion Canadian dollars, up from C$2.53 billion a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The company reported net income for the quarter to Aug. 1 that fell 17.3% from a year ago to $315.5 million.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

The company said it lost $99m in the first three months of the year, compared with a net income of $395m a year earlier.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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