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