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/ɡrōs/
adjective
  1. (especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable; blatant.
    "gross human rights abuses"
    synonyms: flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, overt, evident, conspicuous, naked, barefaced, shameless, brazen, audacious, brass-necked, undisguised, unconcealed, patent, transparent, manifest, palpable, out and out, utter, complete, outrageous, scandalous, shocking, disgraceful, reprehensible, dreadful, terrible, enormous, heinous, atrocious, monstrous, wicked, iniquitous, villainous, arrant
  2. (of income, profit, or interest) without deduction of tax or other contributions; total.
    "the gross amount of the gift was $1,000"
    synonyms: total, whole, entire, complete, full, overall, comprehensive, aggregate, before deductions, before tax
  3. very rude or coarse; vulgar.
    "the duties we felt called upon to perform toward our inferiors were only gross, material ones"
    synonyms: vulgar, coarse, crude, obscene, rude, ribald, lewd, bawdy, dirty, filthy, earthy, smutty, risqué, indecent, indelicate, improper, impure, unseemly, offensive, pornographic, sleazy, porno, porn, raunchy, naughty, blue, steamy, spicy, locker-room, fruity, saucy, near the knuckle, close to the bone, gamy, adult, concupiscent, boorish, loutish, oafish, thuggish, brutish, bearish, Neanderthal, philistine, uncouth, unsavory, crass, common, unrefined, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, undiscriminating, tasteless, insensitive, unfeeling, imperceptive, callous, cloddish, slobbish, plebby, clodhopping, yobbish, ocker
  4. general or large-scale; not fine or detailed.
    "at the gross anatomical level"

adverb
without tax or other contributions having been deducted.
"if the value of your Bond is $50,000 or more the interest will be paid gross"

verb
produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income.
"the film went on to gross $8 million in the U.S"
synonyms: earn, make, bring in, take, get, receive, fetch, draw, collect, rake in, pull in, haul in, bag

noun
  1. an amount equal to twelve dozen; 144.
    "fifty-five gross of tins of processed milk"
  2. a gross profit or income.
    "the box-office grosses mounted"

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verb. grossed; grossing; grosses. transitive verb. : to earn or bring in (an overall total) exclusive of deductions (as for taxes or expenses)
GROSS meaning: 1. (in) total: 2. extremely unpleasant: 3. extremely fat or large and ugly. Learn more.
adjective · without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like ( net ):.
Feb 28, 2024 · Gross income includes wages, dividends, capital gains, business and retirement income as well as all other forms income.
Gross income represents the total income from all sources, including returns, discounts, and allowances, before deducting any expenses or taxes.
/grəʊs/ · adjective. lacking fine distinctions or detail · adjective. visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) · adjective.

Gross

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In English and related languages, several terms involving the words "great" or "gross" relate to numbers involving a multiple of exponents of twelve: A gross refers to a group of 144 items. A great gross refers to a group of 1,728 items. A small... Wikipedia
gross in American English · 1. big or fat and coarse-looking; corpulent; burly · 2. glaring; flagrant; very bad. a gross miscalculation · 3. dense; thick · 4. a ...
GROSS meaning: 1 : very obvious or noticeable; 2 : rude or offensive.
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definition 1: before anything is taken out; total. Your gross pay for the week will be eight hundred dollars. synonyms: total similar words: complete.  ...
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disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill: What a disgusting smell! foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad: She could smell his foul ...