单词 | non-net |
释义 | non-netadj.1adv. British. Publishing (now chiefly historical). Of a book: not subject to a minimum or net selling price. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [adjective] > net or non-net non-net1906 net net1952 1906 Times 14 Dec. 8/1 The sale price of non-net books is 25 per cent. below the marked price. 1939 in F. D. Sanders Brit. Bk. Trade Organisation 79 The sale of books published at non-net prices is not covered by the terms of the Net Book Agreement. 1951 B. N. Langdon-Davies Pract. Bookselling ii. 21 In respect of non-net books the only condition is that the bookseller may not sell them at less than the price he gave for them. 1972 Bookseller 2 Dec. 2545/2 Many of them [sc. textbooks] will be non-net, and not have prices printed on them. 1991 Economist 5 Oct. 34/3 As they come to appreciate the commercial gains from going ‘non-net’, they may abandon, or restrict, the NBA voluntarily—as Reed, a big publisher, did earlier this year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). non-netadj.2 Computing. That is not part of a particular network of computers; (in later use) spec. that is not related to, available on, or characteristic of the internet. Also (of a person): that does not use the internet. ΚΠ 1981 New Site on Net in net.general (Usenet newsgroup) 23 May We are the only U of T site on the net [sc. Usenet] at the moment, and will forward things (within reason) to local non-net sites like the Computer Systems Research Group. 1995 Sci., Technol., & Human Values 20 133 Postings on the net often consisted of material that was generated in some ‘non-net’ context. 1999 U.S. News & World Rep. 12 Apr. 37/3 The 17 Internet-related IPOs have grown an average of 224 percent from their initial offer prices, compared with just 43 percent for non-Net stocks. 2000 Newsweek (Electronic ed.) 13 Nov. A small group of non-Net users..report that privacy concerns have kept them off the Net altogether. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1adv.1906adj.21981 |
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