[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gross \gross\, a. compar. grosser; superl. grossest. f.
   gros, l. grossus, perh. fr. l. crassus thick, dense, fat, e.
   crass, cf. skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
   cf. engross, grocer, grogram.
   1. great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
      "a gross fat man." --shak.
      1913 webster

            a gross body of horse under the duke. --milton.
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   2. coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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   3. not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
      or feeling; dull; witless.
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            tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
                                                  --milton.
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   4. expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
      appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
      1913 webster

            the terms which are delicate in one age become gross
            in the next.                          --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   5. hence: disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
      gross remark.
      pjc

   6. thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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   7. great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
      mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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   8. whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
      sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
      net.
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   gross adventure law the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
      e., on a mortgage of a ship.

   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.

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

   gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
      without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
      distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
      1913 webster
see also:
grosser grossest engross grocer grogram net. 
gross adventure gross average general average gross receipts gross weight 
neat weight net weight 

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Gross >> G Words
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Gross Profit >> G Words
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Gross Weight >> G Words
Gross Weight, definition of term: Gross Weight
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Gross National >> G Words
Gross National, definition of term: Gross National
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Gross Income >> G Words
Gross Income, definition of term: Gross Income
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Gross Domestic >> G Words
Gross Domestic, definition of term: Gross Domestic
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Gross Margin >> G Words
Gross Margin, definition of term: Gross Margin
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