gross : Idioms & Phrases

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A great gross

  • twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen.
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Advowson in gross

  • (Law), an advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor.
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By the gross

  • by the quantity; at wholesale.
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Common in gross

  • . (Law) See under Common , n.
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Common in gross ∨ at large

  • a common annexed to a man's person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a church or other corporation sole. Blackstone.
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great gross

  • noun a cardinal number equal to one dozen gross
    1728.
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Gross adventure

  • (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i. e., on a mortgage of a ship.
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gross anatomy

  • noun the study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope
    macroscopic anatomy.
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Gross average

  • (Law), that kind of average which falls upon the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; commonly called general average. Bouvier. Burrill.
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gross domestic product

  • noun the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year)
    GDP.
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gross estate

  • noun the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death
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gross margin

  • noun the ratio gross profits divided by net sales
    margin of profit; profit margin.
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gross national product

  • noun former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)
    GNP.
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gross out

  • verb fill with distaste
    repel; revolt; disgust.
    • This spoilt food disgusts me
  • verb lose one's nerve
    freak out; freak.
    • When he saw the accident, he freaked out
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gross profit

  • noun (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
    margin; gross profit.
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gross profit margin

  • noun (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
    margin; gross profit.
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Gross receipts

  • the total of the receipts, before they are diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; distinguished from net profits. Abbott.
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gross revenue

  • noun income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
    gross revenue; sales.
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gross sales

  • noun income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
    gross revenue; sales.
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gross ton

  • noun a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
    long ton; ton.
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Gross weight

  • the total weight of merchandise or goods, without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; distinguished from neat, or net, weight.
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gross-headed

Gross"-head`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Thick-skulled; stupid.
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In the gross, In gross

  • in the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.
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real gross national product

  • noun a version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation
    real GNP.
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sale in gross

  • noun a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage
    contract of hazard.
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