gross

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) , originally a nickname for a big man, from (etyl, enm) (term, gros) .
  2. Adjective.  Disgusting.
  3. Adjective.  Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.
  4. Adjective.  Great, large, palpable, bulky, or fat.
  5. Adjective.  Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful.
  6. Adjective.  the whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.
  7. Adjective.  Dull.
  8. Noun.  A unit of amount = twelve dozen = 144 pcs.
  9. Noun.  The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
  10. Noun.  The bulk, the mass, the masses.
  11. Verb.  To earn money, not including expenses.

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