gross
adjective
without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net).
outgross
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a word derived from
gross.
Example Sentences
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Going into 2023, no one was betting “Sound of Freedom” would outgross “The Marvels” or that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” would have a bigger opening weekend than “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Now it’s a question of how high “Barbie” can go and if it can outgross other top films directed by women.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
“I assumed that people were going to outgross one another, which influenced what I made,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2013
Disney's next big picture, however, made plenty: Cinderella may eventually outgross Snow White.
From Time Magazine Archive
Columbia's latest winner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind* may outgross 20th Century-Fox's Star Wars as the biggest box-office success of all time.
From Time Magazine Archive
