gross up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The latest Steven Soderbergh film, “Unsane,” an R-rated thriller starring Claire Foy, will probably gross up to $4 million, according to analysts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
“Black Panther” has also pushed the 2018 year to date domestic gross up 6.9% to $1.65 billion, according to comScore.
From Reuters ● Feb. 19, 2018
The animated film is on track to gross up to $38 million in its sophomore weekend, exceeding the $35-million projection for “Dumb and Dumber To.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2014
In fact, a large group of major corporations joined a coalition, led by the Human Rights Campaign, that supported legislation to eliminate the tax, but most of them don’t gross up their own employees.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2011
Schiller hopes the eventual book and movie will gross up to $10 million, with a $100,000 profit for himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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