You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity. The company were guilty of gross negligence. an act of gross injustice. + grossly gross·ly Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years She was grossly overweight
If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away. So far the films have grossed more than £590 million
on a large scale; not to be confused with the common term for "yucky " "Grossly normal," means "after less than in-depth inspection, this appears to be normal " "Gross anatomy" refers to the study of organs as they appear to the naked eye, without the benefit of a microscope
is a name element in GEMIS of processes with combined heat & power (CHP), but for which no credit for the cogenerated couple product is given, i e no allocation In GEMIS 4 0 there is now a switch to set all cogeneration processes into the "gross" mode, so that all credits for all processes are ignored when a life-cycle computation is performed
The collective name for twelve twelve-man units in the Yeoman Army or Militia It is referred to specifically as a grossmarch in the infantry, a grossbrace in archery units, and a grosslance in cavalry units The twelve elected Yeomen in the gross in turn elect a Serjeant to lead it
Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away. a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October. Gross is also an adverb. Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted. a father earning £20,000 gross a year
repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" before any deductions; "gross income