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1. Before any deductions
   "gross income"
    
2. Repellently fat
   "a bald gross old man";
   - porcine
    
3. Without qualification; used informally as an (often pejorative) intensifier
   "gross negligence";
   - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous
    
4. Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
   "a revoltingly gross expletive";
   - crude, earthy, vulgar, salty, coarse, ripe [informal]
    
5. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
   "gross ineptitude";
   - crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank
    
6. Lacking fine distinction or details
   "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
    
7. Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
   - megascopic

1. Twelve dozen
   - 144
    
2. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made
   - revenue, receipts

1. Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

Derived forms: grossest, grossing, grosses, grosser, grossed

See also: conspicuous, fat, general, indecent, overall, seeable, unmitigated, visible

Type of: amount, amount of money, bring in, clear, earn, gain, large integer, make, pull in [informal], realise [Brit], realize, sum, sum of money, take in

Antonym: nett

Encyclopedia: Gross, Mark