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gross / grōs/ • adj. 1. unattractively large or bloated: I feel fat, gross—even my legs feel flabby. ∎ large-scale; not fine or detailed: at the gross anatomical level. ∎ complete; blatant: a gross exaggeration. ∎ vulgar; unrefined: the duties we felt called upon to perform toward our inferiors were only gross, material ones. ∎ inf. very unpleasant; repulsive: it's disgusting and gross, but it's a fact. 2. (of income, profit, or interest) without deduction of tax or other contributions; total: the gross amount of the gift was $1,000 the current rate of interest is about 6.1 percent gross. Often contrasted with net2 (sense 1). ∎ (of weight) including all contents, fittings, wrappings, or other variable items; overall: a projected gross takeoff weight of 500,000 pounds. ∎ (of a score in golf) as actually played, without taking handicap into account. • adv. without tax or other contributions having been deducted. • v. [tr.] produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income: the film went on to gross $8 million in the U.S. • n. 1. (pl. same) an amount equal to twelve dozen; 144: fifty-five gross of tins of processed milk. 2. (pl. gross·es ) a gross profit or income: the box-office grosses mounted. PHRASES: by the gross fig. in large numbers or amounts: impoverished Mexicans who were arrested here by the gross.PHRASAL VERBS: gross someone out inf. disgust someone, typically with repulsive or obscene behavior or appearance.DERIVATIVES: gross·ly adv. Freda was grossly overweight. gross·ness n. ORIGIN: Middle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large,’ from late Latin grossus. |
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"gross." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gross." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gross.html "gross." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gross.html |
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GROSSGreat; culpable; general; absolute. A thing in gross exists in its own right, and not as an appendage to another thing. Before or without diminution or deduction. Whole; entire; total; as in the gross sum, amount, weight—as opposed to net. Not adjusted or reduced by deductions or subtractions. Out of all measure; beyond allowance; flagrant; shameful; as a gross dereliction of duty, a gross injustice, gross carelessness ornegligence. Such conduct as is not to be excused. |
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"Gross." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gross." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702050.html "Gross." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702050.html |
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gross2 Late ME. groos (XIV) became common first in XV in senses ‘large, bulky’ (now obs. or dial.), †‘palpable, obvious’, †‘dense, thick’, ‘coarse’, ‘concerned with large masses’, — (O)F. gros, fem. grosse :- late L. grossus.
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T. F. HOAD. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gross1.html T. F. HOAD. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gross1.html |
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gross1 twelve dozen. XV. — F. grosse, sb. use (sc. douzaine dozen) of fem. of gros great; see next.
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T. F. HOAD. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gross.html T. F. HOAD. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gross.html |
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gross, grosse (Ger.). Great, large. grösser, greater.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-gross.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "gross." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-gross.html |
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•adiós, chausses, Close, Davos, dose, engross, gross, Grosz, jocose, morose, Rhos, verbose
•grandiose • religiose • otiose
•globose • viscose • bellicose • varicose
•vorticose • cellulose • lachrymose
•lactose • comatose • siliquose
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"gross." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gross." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gross.html "gross." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gross.html |
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