Definition: 1. Twelve dozen. 2. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made. 3. Earn before taxes, expenses, etc. 4. Before any deductions. 5. Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features. 6. Of general aspects or broad distinctions. 7. Repellently fat.
Use 'gross' in a sentence:
1. Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted.
2. We track revenue, cost, and gross profit metrics against monthly, quarterly, and yearly targets and show them side by side with the carbon footprint data.
3. In 1992, the industry's gross output was estimated to be $3.5 trillion, over 12 per cent of all consumer spending.
4. So far the films have grossed more than £ 590 million.
5. That's because the red light is actually not a gross constituent unit in a semiotic system, right?
6. The company were guilty of gross negligence.
7. This is a gross oversimplification of the facts.
8. They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross I thought Dad was going to faint.
9. He claimed Mr Brooke had been guilty of a 'gross error of judgment'
10. He abused the Admiral in the grossest terms.
11. I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest.
12. At such times, winning may dominate one's intellect, and every action, no matter how gross, may be considered justifiable.
13. While the rate of growth in the use of energy declines as an economy matures, no country has yet reduced energy use while raising gross domestic product.
14. He was dismissed from his job for gross misconduct after handing over confidential documents to the press.
15. He ordered twelve gross of the disks.
16. Clearly, this is a gross simplification for a number of reasons.
17. The decline started in the 1950s, when manufacturing generated a sturdy 28% of the national income, or gross domestic product, and employed one-third of the workforce.
18. It is entirely possible to achieve the goal of quadrupling the gross annual value of industrial and agricultural production by the end of the century.
19. He wears really gross holiday outfits.
20. Imports, which soared to $200.3 billion in the month, are subtracted in the calculation of gross domestic product.
21. National Savings gross sales in June totalled £ 709 million.
22. It is estimated that the gross annual value of industrial and agricultural output will be quadrupled.
23. It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time.
24. This is, of course, a gross generalization.
25. The gross weight is 23 kilos.
26. They were found guilty of acts of gross indecency.
27. His gross mismanagement left the company desperately in need of restructuring.
28. In all honesty he could not have justified ordering more than twelve gross of the disks.
29. The goods are valued in gross profit at 20,000 yuan.
30. She earns £ 25 000 a year gross.
31. I'm a factory worker who grossed £ 12,900 last year.
32. The company only dismisses its employees in cases of gross misconduct.
33. Gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning we're producing as much as before, only with 6 percent fewer workers.
34. She would just never throw it out, and that was gross.
35. The company was guilty of gross negligence.
36. I feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross.
37. That's gross earnings, I assume.
38. Gross sales reached nearly $2 million a year.
39. From 1977 to 1985 the United States gross national product grew 21 percent.
40. His bad breath really grossed me out.
41. He claimed Mr. Brooke had been guilty of a "gross error of judgment."
42. It's a gross oversimplification to fasten on to the red deer as a threat to the environment.
43. Investments showed a gross profit of 26%.
44. In sub-Saharan Africa today, for instance, gross investment accounts for roughly 15% of national income.
45. I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.
46. They eat flies? What a gross-out!
47. She's not just fat, she's positively gross!
48. Is reading a child's diary always a gross invasion of privacy?
49. What is the meaning of this gross outrage?
50. The gross revenue of outdoors advertisement mount up year by year.
51. Expenses are deductible only to the extent that in aggregate they exceed 7 percent of gross income.
52. Balances of $5,000 and above will earn 11 percent gross, 8.25 percent net.
