grosso

[groh-soh]

adjective

1. a silver coin minted first in Venice in the 1193 and later in other Italian cities, known for its purity in metal content and widely used for trade.

Example Sentences

Amadeo Grosso, manager of Posillipo in Faversham, Kent, said he believed the problem was getting worse.

From BBC

Alpecin-Deceuninck's Tibor del Grosso had broken clear of the leaders and looked set for victory, only for Brennan to set off in pursuit and reel him in at the last.

From BBC

Eddie Egan, whom Hackman and costar Roy Scheider, in preparing for the film, accompanied on his rounds of heroin “shooting galleries” with his detective partner, Sonny Grosso.

From Los Angeles Times

Even so, the program’s highlight turned out to be another concerto, Nico Muhly’s Concerto Grosso, given its premiere.

From Los Angeles Times

"Everyone was reporting different properties and different energies of the single photons that seemed to contradict each other," said Grosso.

From Science Daily