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

Iridium reported net income of $114 million in 2025, up 2% from the previous year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, net income has exploded to record levels.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 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

Starlink provided the largest share of SpaceX’s revenue in 2025 — $11.32 billion of its $18.8 billion — and was its only profitable segment, with $4.42 billion in net income.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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