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denetting

denetting is the present participle and gerund of denet.

Meaning of denet

Verb

denet (third-person singular simple present denets, present participle denetting, simple past and past participle denetted)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the price of (a book) below its agreed-upon net value with the publisher.
    • What prompted the demise of the agreement was the action of a number of publishers who 'denetted' the price of their books.1993, Joseph Whittaker, Whitaker's Almanack, page 1142

Questions about denetting

What is denetting the present participle and gerund of?
Denetting is the present participle and gerund of denet.

Words near denetting in the dictionary

  1. denesting
  2. denests
  3. denet
  4. denets
  5. denetted
  6. denetting
  7. deneutralization
  8. deneutralize
  9. deneutralized
  10. deneutralizes
  11. deneutralizing

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