netback

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English

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Etymology

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From net +‎ back. The term was widely adopted by the oil industry in the second half of 1985.

Noun

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netback (countable and uncountable, plural netbacks)

  1. (oil industry) Revenues received from the sale of oil or gas on spot market minus the costs of extraction, processing and transportation.