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Gross and Nett Definitions

Gross

Exclusive of deductions; total
Gross profits.

Nett

(dated) net.
Nett price; nett weight

Gross

Unmitigated in any way; utter
Gross incompetence.

Nett

Obsolete form of net

Gross

So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense
Gross injustice.
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Nett

Catch with a net;
Net a fish

Gross

Brutishly coarse, as in behavior; crude
"It is futile to expect a hungry and squalid population to be anything but violent and gross" (Thomas H. Huxley).

Nett

Remaining after all deductions;
Net profit

Gross

Disgusting or offensive
Don't you think slugs are gross? He told a gross joke.

Gross

Overweight; corpulent
"Sally is fat. She is gross. She must weigh twelve stone and more" (Margaret Drabble).
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Gross

On a large scale; not fine or detailed
Gross anatomical similarities.
Gross motor skills.

Gross

Broad; general
The gross necessities of life.

Gross

Pl. gross·es The entire body or amount, as of income, before necessary deductions have been made.

Gross

Pl. gross Abbr. gr. or gro. A group of 144 items; 12 dozen.

Gross

To earn as a total income or profit before deductions
The store grossed $10,000 last month.
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Gross

(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
A gross mistake;
Gross injustice;
Gross negligence; a gross insult

Gross

(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
Gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight

Gross

Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
Gross anatomy

Gross

Causing disgust.
I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.

Gross

Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.

Gross

(of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.

Gross

(of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.

Gross

Difficult or impossible to see through.

Gross

(archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.

Gross

(obsolete) Easy to perceive.

Gross

Twelve dozen = 144.

Gross

The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.

Gross

The bulk, the mass, the masses.

Gross

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

Gross

Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
A gross body of horse under the Duke.

Gross

Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

Gross

Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.

Gross

Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next.

Gross

Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a gross remark.

Gross

Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

Gross

Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

Gross

Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; - opposed to net.

Gross

The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle.

Gross

The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

Gross

Twelve dozen

Gross

The entire amount of income before any deductions are made

Gross

Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

Gross

Before any deductions;
Gross income

Gross

Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

Gross

Of general aspects or broad distinctions;
The gross details of the structure appear reasonable

Gross

Repellently fat;
A bald porcine old man

Gross

Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;
A crying shame
An egregious lie
Flagrant violation of human rights
A glaring error
Gross ineptitude
Gross injustice
Rank treachery

Gross

Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
A perfect idiot
Pure folly
What a sodding mess
Stark staring mad
A thoroughgoing villain
Utter nonsense

Gross

Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;
Coarse language
A crude joke
Crude behavior
An earthy sense of humor
A revoltingly gross expletive
A vulgar gesture
Full of language so vulgar it should have been edited

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