gross

adjective

• 1unattractively 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
• informal 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 grossOften contrasted with net² (sense 1 of the adjective).
• (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.

adverb

• without tax or other contributions having been deducted.

verb

• produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income:the film went on to gross $8 million in the U.S.

noun

• 1 (plural same) an amount equal to twelve dozen; 144:fifty-five gross of tins of processed milk

  [From French grosse douzaine, literally 'large dozen']

• 2 (plural grosses) a gross profit or income:the box-office grosses mounted