With unemployment in the area below 1%, it has had to cast its net wide to fill the 70 jobs it expects to create this year.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
spread your net wide — see ↑net, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑spread … Useful english dictionary
cast/spread your net wide — ► to include many people or things when you are looking for something or trying to do something: »With unemployment in the area below 1%, it has had to cast its net wide to fill the 70 jobs it expects to create this year. Main Entry: ↑net … Financial and business terms
cast/spread your net wide — to try many different things so that you will have the best chance of finding what you want Companies are casting their nets wide in search of young, talented employees. • • • Main Entry: ↑net … Useful english dictionary
spread your net — spread your ˈnet idiom to consider a wide range of possibilities or cover a large area, especially to try to find sb/sth • They have spread their net far and wide in the search for a new team coach. Main entry: ↑spreadidiom … Useful english dictionary
cast your net wide — cast/spread your net wide ► to include many people or things when you are looking for something or trying to do something: »With unemployment in the area below 1%, it has had to cast its net wide to fill the 70 jobs it expects to create this year … Financial and business terms
net — net1 W3 [net] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(internet)¦ 2¦(for fishing/catching things)¦ 3¦(for sports)¦ 4¦(for keeping things out)¦ 5¦(material)¦ 6 slip through the net 7 fall/slip through the net 8 cast/spread your net wide ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
spread — spread1 W2S2 [spred] v past tense and past participle spread ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(affect more people/places)¦ 2¦(information/ideas)¦ 3¦(open/arrange)¦ 4¦(throughout an area)¦ 5¦(soft substance)¦ 6¦(arms/fingers etc)¦ 7¦(over time)¦ 8¦(share)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
net — what is left after deducting all charges (see gross). Glossary of Business Terms The gain or loss on a security sale as measured by the selling price of a security less the adjusted cost of acquisition. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
spread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 increase in amount or number of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ good, great, wide ▪ rapid ▪ gradual, slow ▪ … Collocations dictionary
spread — The price difference between two related markets or commodities. Chicago Board of Trade glossary l) Positions held in two different futures contracts, taken to profit from the change in the difference between the two contracts prices; e.g., long… … Financial and business terms
