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[noun] the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
[noun] twelve dozen
[adjective] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
[adjective] conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
[adjective] repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"
[adjective] of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
[adjective] visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
[adjective] before any deductions; "gross income"
[verb] earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
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\Gross\, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F. gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E. crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened. Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.] 1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. ``A gross fat man.'' --Shak. A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton. 2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate. 3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless. Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear. --Milton. 4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure. The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next. --Macaulay. 5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium. 6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence. 7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to {net.} {Gross adventure} (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i. e., on a mortgage of a ship. {Gross average} (Law), that kind of average which falls upon the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; -- commonly called {general average}. --Bouvier. --Burrill. {Gross receipts}, the total of the receipts, before they are diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; -- distinguished from net profits. --Abbott. {Gross weight} the total weight of merchandise or goods, without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; -- distinguished from {neat, or net, weight}.
\Gross\, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). See {Gross}, a.] 1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. ``The gross of the enemy.'' --Addison. For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. --Burke. 2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. {Advowson in gross} (Law), an advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor. {A great gross}, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen. {By the gross}, by the quantity; at wholesale. {Common in gross}. (Law) See under {Common}, n. {In the gross}, {In gross}, in the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.

Synonyms for gross

144, coarse, conspicuous, crude, crying(a), earthy, egregious, fat, flagrant, general, glaring, indecent, large, macroscopic, macroscopical, megascopic, obvious, overall, porcine, rank, receipts, revenue, total, vulgar

Antonyms: net, nett

See also: box office | bring in | clear | earn | gain | gate | income | large integer | make | pull in | realise | realize | take in |

Related terms: bicentenary, centigram, damned, dumb, excessive, exorbitant, exuberant, fleshy, gains, grained, heinous, in bad taste, lewd, net receipts, objectionable, objective, obnoxious, offensive, percentage, plain, postlapsarian, precious, profound, repulsive, roly-poly, sad, stark, unbearable, uncouth, worthless

The fun area, different aproach to word »gross«

Let's analyse "gross" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: SSORG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: gross: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: gross: 7 + 9 + 6 + 1 + 1 = 24, reduced: 6, and the final result is Six.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
G (1) 7 Chariot Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
S (2) 19 Sun Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

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