gross
without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net): gross earnings;gross sales.
unqualified; complete; rank: a gross scoundrel.
flagrant and extreme: gross injustice.
indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar: gross remarks.
lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.
large, big, or bulky.
extremely or excessively fat.
of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.
Slang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting: He wore an outfit that was absolutely gross.
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net).
Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.
to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.: The company grossed over three million dollars last year.
gross out, Slang.
to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior.
to shock or horrify.
Origin of gross
1synonym study For gross
Other words for gross
Opposites for gross
Other words from gross
- gross·ly, adverb
- gross·ness, noun
- out·gross, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·gross, adjective
- o·ver·gross·ness, noun
- un·gross, adjective
Words Nearby gross
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How to use gross in a sentence
In its Q3 update, Klarna wrote that it saw 43 percent growth in gross merchandise volume during the first nine months of the year.
As BNPL startups raise, a look at Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay earnings | Alex Wilhelm | February 26, 2021 | TechCrunchBesides Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Howl’s Moving Castle—both from Studio Ghibli—as well as Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 hit project Your Name have ranked in Japan’s top 10 highest-grossing films.
Everything to Know About Demon Slayer: The Manga, TV Series and Record-Breaking Film | Kat Moon | February 24, 2021 | TimeGiants like Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft collectively hold more than $570 billion in gross cash.
House Bill 6187 would impose a flat 10% tax on gross revenues from digital ad sales inside the state by companies with annual global revenues exceeding $10 billion.
Media Briefing: Publishers’ and platforms’ businesses settle into the new normal | Tim Peterson | February 18, 2021 | DigidayMuch of that was due to Detective Chinatown 3, a heist comedy made in China, which grossed $424 million on its own.
World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
In its opening weekend the movie Heaven Is For Real (budget: $12 million) doubled its gross.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More | Kevin Fallon | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sex workers I spoke with rightly call it “vile,” “gross,” “terrifying,” and “exploitative.”
To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show | Samantha Allen | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe film was made with a reported $90 million but imploded with a $39 million domestic gross.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More | Kevin Fallon | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInsult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More | Kevin Fallon | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLife is represented as struggling to free herself from the gross earthly forms that cling to her.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementDoes a friend come and add to the gross character of such a man the unknown trait of disgusting gluttony?
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperAll these gross absurdities show, that the real spirit has nothing whatever to do with such absurd doctrines or productions.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankWhen the hern or bitron flies low, the air is gross, and thickening into showers.
To abandon any part of the inheritance of primitive times would be gross heresy, a fatal dereliction of Christian duty.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
British Dictionary definitions for gross
/ (ɡrəʊs) /
repellently or excessively fat or bulky
with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; total: gross sales; gross income Compare net 2 (def. 1)
(of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar
obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrant: gross inefficiency
lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discrimination: gross judgments
(esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant
obsolete coarse in texture or quality
rare rude; uneducated; ignorant
an exclamation indicating disgust
plural gross a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen
plural grosses
the entire amount
the great majority
to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc
Origin of gross
1Derived forms of gross
- grossly, adverb
- grossness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for gross
Exclusive of deductions, prior to taxation, as in gross income. (Compare net.) Total, aggregate, as in gross domestic product.
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