GROSS

Gross

In economics, gross means before deductions or expenses. The antonym is net, meaning after deductions.

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gross

Noun

  1. Twelve dozen = 144.
  2. The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
  3. The bulk, the mass, the masses.

Verb

  1. To earn money, not including expenses.
    The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.

Adjective

  1. Disgusting.
  2. Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.
  3. Great, large, bulky, or fat.
  4. Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful.
  5. The whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.
  6. Not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.


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