[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.
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            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.
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            the terms which are delicate in one age become gross
            in the next.                          --macaulay.
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   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.
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see also:
grosser grossest engross grocer grogram net. 
gross adventure gross average general average gross receipts gross weight 
neat weight net weight 

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

receipt \receipt"\ r-es=et", n. oe. receite, of.
   recete, recepte, f. recette, fr. l. recipere, receptum, to
   receive. see receive.
   1. the act of receiving; reception. "at the receipt of your
      letter." --shak.
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   2. reception, as an act of hospitality. obs.
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            thy kind receipt of me.               --chapman.
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   3. capability of receiving; capacity. obs.
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            it has become a place of great receipt. --evelyn.
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   4. place of receiving. obs.
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            he saw a man, named matthew, sitting at the receipt
            of custom.                            --matt. ix. 9.
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   5. hence, a recess; a retired place. obs. "in a retired
      receipt together lay." --chapman.
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   6. a formulary according to the directions of which things
      are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for
      making sponge cake.
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            she had a receipt to make white hair black. --sir t.
                                                  browne.
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   7. a writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods
      delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
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   8. that which is received; that which comes in, in
      distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away,
      and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts
      amounted to a thousand dollars.
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   gross receipts. see under gross, a.
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see also:
receive gross receipts gross 

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Gross Profit >> G Words
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Gross Weight >> G Words
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Gross National >> G Words
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