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The correct spelling is gross.
How to pronounce gross
/ɡɹəʊs/
nounIPA: /ɡɹəʊs/
Say it like: Gro-ss
The correct spelling is gross. Twelve dozen = 144. For example: "The movie grossed three million on the first weekend."
Usage Examples
“The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.”
“a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult”
“gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Twelve dozen = 144.
- 2.The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
- 3.The bulk, the mass, the masses.
verb
- 1.To earn money, not including expenses.
adjective
- 1.(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
- 2.(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
- 3.Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
- 4.Causing disgust.
- 5.Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
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