net earnings

collocation in English

meaningsofnetandearnings

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net
adjective[before or after noun]
uk
/net/us
/net/
left when there is nothing else to be ...
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earnings
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈɜː.nɪŋz/us
/ˈɝː.nɪŋz/
the amount of money that someone is paid ...
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(Definition ofnetandearningsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Average asset is adjusted for earnings and is defined as half of starting total assets plus ending total assets minusnetearnings.
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Pension levels are defined in relation to subsistence needs, and are usually pitched considerably belownetearningsduring the period of paid employment.
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Deep trawlers were the single largest harvesting sector in terms of total value of output andnetearningsthroughout the simulation period.
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In this model, only pension contributions are taken into account when moving from gross earnings tonetearnings.
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The highest possible level of public pensions will be cut gradually, to 64% of lastnetearnings, and an additional cut of the derived widow's pension was made.
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On switching from the former to the latter policy, the loss of maximum basic income is matched by a comparatively huge gain innetearningsat fulltime work.
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To illustrate, take the example of a low-paid couple with two children aged 5 and 7 with a single full-time earner bringing homenetearningsof £150 per week.
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Of course, the rateable value is different from the totalnetearnings.
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But the right way to consider these figures is to takenetearningsafter tax, say, for a married man with two children.
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It is a dollar earner with an extremely small import content and, therefore, itsnetearningsare even higher than the normal figures initially suggest.
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Inquiries by the shipping industry showednetearningsas £24 million for 1936, and £60 million for 1947.
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What is wanted is an estimate of how much the existence of road competition reduces thenetearningsof the railways.
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The information requested onnetearningsis not available.
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He will realise that the most important factor in determining whether one can have a loan for building new property is annualnetearnings.
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When ournetearningsfrom overseas investment are taken into account, that small deficit becomes a considerable surplus.
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The total private invisible earnings were £403 million, excluding privatenetearningsof interest, profits and dividends, figures for which will also be published shortly.
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In 1982 gross overseas earnings are estimated at £2,824 million andnetearningsat £737 million.
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For example, a non-resident parent withnetearningsof £250 a week and one child pays £38 a week.
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On every pay day the employer is required to deduct the appropriate sum from the debtor'snetearnings.
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Since 1980 the standard supplementary benefit earnings rule has provided for the first £4 per week ofnetearningsto be disregarded.
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