grossgross1 /ɡrəʊs $ ɡroʊs/ ●●○ S3 adjective 
a gross profit of $5 milliongross income/salary/pay etc a family with gross earnings of just £75 per week b)a gross weight is the total weight of something, including its wrapping► see thesaurus at profit2very bad [only before noun] clearly wrong and unacceptablegross negligence/misconduct etc soldiers accused of gross violations of human rights The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration.gross indecency (=the crime of doing something that is sexually offensive)3nasty spoken very unpleasant to look at or think about SYN disgusting: Ooh, gross! I hate spinach!4fat informal extremely fat and unattractive—grossly adverb [+adjective/adverb]: Lambert was grossly overweight. Medical records were found to be grossly inadequate.—grossness noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINgross1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French gros ‘big, thick’, from Latin grossusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a gross income of $150,000
- Brad threw up on the floor at the party. It was really gross.
- My gross annual income, before tax, is just over £18,000.
- Ooh, gross! The dog just threw up on the carpet!
- The gross weight of the package is 10 kilos, including the packaging.
- The company's gross earnings were up $12 million over last year.
- By contrast, the gross margin on an alternative remedy is typically 30 percent, Toth said.
- Dini said inflation was kept to a moderate pace during the year, even as gross domestic product rose 3 percent.
- In the mid-1970s, public spending peaked at over 49 percent of our gross national product.
- Obviously you get more used to it the more often you do it, but it's still pretty gross.
- That factory turned out to be a short-lived exercise and a gross waste of Government money.
- The expected gross initial yield is 6.5%.
- Various tests suggested gross retardation by the end of the first year.
THESAURUS
money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid: · Our profits are down this year.· The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.
the profit that a company makes: · The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results.· Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.
the profit that you get from an investment: · You should get a good return on your investment.· We didn’t get much of a return on our money.· They’re promising high returns on investments of over $100,000.
the amount of business done during a particular period: · The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200bn.
the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc: · He counted the night’s takings.· This week’s takings are up on last week’s.
money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there: · They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3,000.· The money is still earning interest in your account.
a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company: · Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share.· The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.
Longman Language Activatoran unpleasant taste or smell very bad - use this especially to talk about things that taste, smell, or look really bad: · It was the most disgusting meal I've ever eaten.· He smiled showing his teeth, which were a revolting yellow colour.· What a horrible smell!· Dick had cooked a special stew, which looked and smelled revolting.
tasting or smelling horrible: · Undercooked potatoes taste unpleasant and can be harmful.· Some animals give off an unpleasant odor that deters attackers.
a foul smell or taste is extremely bad, and is caused especially by waste or things decaying: · There was a foul smell coming up from the river.
informal very unpleasant - use this to talk about food, smells, or behaviour that you dislike very much: · Ooh, gross! I hate spinach!· Brad threw up on the floor at the party. It was really gross.
British /not very good/not too good spoken a taste or smell that is not very nice or not very good is slightly unpleasant: · This cheese isn't very good. How long have we had it?· The first time I smoked a cigarette it didn't taste very nice.· I wouldn't cook that if I were you. It doesn't smell too good.
tasting or smelling very strong and unpleasant: · I'm not very keen on this wine. It has a nasty aftertaste.· Police were alerted when neighbors complained of a nasty smell coming from the basement.· Cheap perfume often smells nasty after a couple of hours.
a meal or food that is unappetizing has an unpleasant appearance or smell and does not make you want to eat it: · The soup was cold and unappetizing, but it was all there was.· The main course was an unappetizing leg of chicken with boiled potatoes.
a total the number or amount that there is, when everything has been counted or added together: · You had 29 points plus 33 points, so the total is 62.· A company spokesperson said 28,000 jobs or 70% of the total will be cut.total of: · The three defendants were jailed for a total of 30 years.· A total of $950 million was spent on the new transportation system.
the total number or amount is the number that there is when everything has been counted and added together: · The total cost was far higher than we had expected.· People of Chinese origin made up about 10% of the total population.· The Performing Arts Department's total budget for the year was $6.3 million.
use this to say or ask what a total amount is, including everything that could be included: · Altogether 680 women took part in the conference.· On the wall are rows of stickers, 35 in all, each representing a team victory.
the total when everything has been included - use this especially in a humorous way when the final total is surprisingly small: · The grand total for both meals was $6.73.grand total of: · A grand total of six people showed up for the lecture.
the total of a single set of figures, for example on a bill, which does not include other amounts that will be added later to make the final total: · The subtotal for parts was $23. With labor costs, the bill came to $36.
a gross amount or figure is the total amount before anything such as tax is taken away: · My gross annual income, before tax, is just over £18,000.· The company's gross earnings were up $12 million over last year.· The gross weight of the package is 10 kilos, including the packaging.
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nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, 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nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, 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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a family with gross earnings of just £75 per week soldiers accused of gross violations of human rights The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration. Lambert was grossly overweight.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sweeping generalization based on speculation Howell was fired for gross insubordination. She was found guilty of gross misconduct (=very serious misconduct).
1total [only before noun] a)a gross sum of money is the total amount before any tax or costs have been taken away: a family with gross earnings of just £75 per week soldiers accused of gross violations of human rights The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration. (=the crime of doing something that is sexually offensive)
Lambert was grossly overweight. (=before tax has been paid)· You can usually borrow up to three times the value of your gross earnings per year.
(=very great and untrue)· The figures in this report are a gross exaggeration.
(=the total amount a company spends before/after any tax or costs have been taken away)· Spending on research and development represents 13% of our gross expenditure.
a sweeping generalization based on speculation (=income before you have paid tax)· The family’s gross income has increased by 5% this year.
Howell was fired for gross insubordination. She was found guilty of gross misconduct (=very serious misconduct). (also pre-tax profit) (=before tax and costs are paid)· The hotel group made a gross profit of £51.9 million in 2008.
(=a very serious violation)· They had committed gross violations of the law.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· That is a gross distortion of the truth.· Moreover, an obsessive focus on Caravaggio panders to fashion and is a gross distortion of history.· This is obviously a gross distortion of the 50 percent ratio that we expect.
· A similar picture emerges in relation to the distribution of gross earnings among female manual workers.· The agent's percentage comes from the band's gross earnings at gigs.
· But unless there is gross exaggeration or fabrication of symptoms, these should not he described as Meadow's syndrome.· The first sentence in that passage is, of course, a gross exaggeration.· It was a gross exaggeration, but there was a grain of truth in it.
· Conversely, he knows that a drop in gross income will de-motivate.· If adjusted gross income is high enough, large amounts of business expense deductions will be lost under this 2 percent formula.· Thus, in the top tenth of pensioner income groups, social security contributes only a quarter of gross income.· Companies putting up factories at Subic can import goods for free and pay only a 5 percent tax on gross income.· Traditionally, management commission rates have ranged from 15 to 25 percent of the band's gross income.· The full deduction would be available for couples filing jointly with adjusted gross incomes of up to $ 100, 000.· So the recent fall in house-moving business would have cut gross income by about a fifth and net income by much more.· If gross income is below £25,000, receipts and payments accounts and a statements of assets and liabilities will do.
· They were bailed to appear before Liverpool magistrates next month, when they will face charges of gross indecency.· The Court of Appeal allowed the appellant's appeal against conviction of committing an act of gross indecency.· The appellant, Norman Mattison, was charged with committing an act of gross indecency with his co-defendant.· The co-defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of committing an act of gross indecency with the appellant.· And today, police confirmed the Bishop had been formally cautioned for an act of gross indecency.· He was prosecuted, convicted of gross indecency and given a two-year conditional discharge in November 1996.· After retiring the jury returned with a notice asking whether the co-defendant was charged with gross indecency with the appellant only.· This act of gross indecency provoked stern disapproval from the tour guide.
· Only people whose total income is less than their personal allowances are allowed to register for gross interest payments.
· Where no allowance is made for this depreciation in the calculation of investment, the resulting figure is called gross investment.· Take an investment of £1,000 achieving a gross investment return of 7 percent a year.· Specifically, where I t gross investment in the current year; b and c constant coefficients.· In real terms, gross investment in manufacturing fell by more than a third between 1979 and its lowest point in 1983.· Until April 1971 public expenditure included spending by central and local government and gross investment by the nationalized industries.
· It is really an accounting problem, and a balance must be struck between channel expense, profit and gross margins.· The gross margin was 20. 7 percent in the fourth quarter.· These machines have a gross margin of 50 percent.· It blamed lower holiday sales, crimped gross margin, stormy weather and higher costs.· The manufacturer using longer channels will have relatively lower gross margins, coupled with lower channel expenses.· But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.· In the year-ago first quarter, gross margin was 50.8%.· A gross margin of $ 62, 500 is anticipated on $ 250, 000 in sales.
· We usually treat physical violence towards others as gross misconduct and this could result in summary dismissal.· In any case of gross misconduct no notice or pay would be due.· An employer need not give any notice if the employee's conduct constitutes gross misconduct justifying instant dismissal.· He was suspended from duty and then, in November, found guilty of gross misconduct.· The employers learned of the letters and summarily dismissed the employees for gross misconduct.· He was dismissed for gross misconduct, which seems to have centred on drug taking and homosexual activities.· There was a contractual term dealing with summary dismissal for gross misconduct.· Mrs Jonker, of Southport, said Miss Owen had been sacked for gross misconduct after written and verbal warnings.
· No coach- or cart-horses, subject to hard work and gross negligence and ignorance were likely to be presented.· No. 177, 1989, proposed to abolish manslaughter by gross negligence.· The term gross negligence was never defined in the cases.· Examples help to show the distinction between carelessness and gross negligence.· Omissions cases falling within manslaughter by recklessness or gross negligence have also been set apart from cases of positive acts.· If so, the law has been extended from gross negligence to carelessness.· A manslaughter conviction would require proof of recklessness or, possibly, gross negligence.· Even after Seymour gross negligence and recklessness are used interchangeably.
· In both cases your gross pay will be as normal, unless you have exhausted the full sickness allowance.· It shows their tax code number and details of their gross pay and tax deducted to date.
· This represents a difference or rather gross profit of 65p per dozen or £14.98 per bird over the same period.· Sales less cost of sales yields a gross profit of $ 350.· The possibility of a high gross profit margin. 6.· Certainly one of the most important and most sensitive variables to be estimated is the gross profit margin.· However, gross profit was down only £2m to £94m.· The difference between sales and cost of sales is the gross profit which is distributed as tax and dividends.· Water Assessment 1992 was an excellent year for oceanographic and water related work, with a gross profit significantly ahead of budget.· A particular case that I remember was the client's stock calculations geared to achieving the required gross profit percentage.
· These clauses give the talent a percentage of the movie's gross receipts.· They will report back the general sentiment on sales tax, gross receipts tax, business transaction tax.
· Adjustments to 1991's figures have been made wherever possible to reflect gross revenues.
· It would be a gross violation to carry out noisy or even physically energetic rituals or ceremonial activities at them.
· However, from the capitalists' point of view it is gross wages that are computed as costs.· Firms still choose the quantity of labour demanded to equate the gross wage to the marginal value product of labour.
· That would be about sixty pounds from a side of 300 pounds gross weight of medium yield grade.
· The current gross yield is about 5.46 percent gross.· Initial gross yield is estimated at 6.6%.· At the initial offer price for the unit trust of 50p, the estimated gross yield is 6.25%.· They range from 8.10 percent to 9.68 percent and the weighted average gross yield is over 8.5 percent.· Estimated gross yield at 100p is 4.5% a year.
a gross profit of $5 milliongross income/salary/pay etc a family with gross earnings of just £75 per week b)a gross weight is the total weight of something, including its wrapping► see thesaurus at profit2very bad [only before noun] clearly wrong and unacceptablegross negligence/misconduct etc soldiers accused of gross violations of human rights The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration.gross indecency (=the crime of doing something that is sexually offensive)3nasty spoken very unpleasant to look at or think about SYN disgusting: Ooh, gross! I hate spinach!4fat informal extremely fat and unattractive—grossly adverb [+adjective/adverb]: Lambert was grossly overweight. Medical records were found to be grossly inadequate.—grossness noun [uncountable]