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gross
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[ adjective ] before any deductions
Examples "gross income" Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)The total is the probable gross income from farming . To find estimated net farm income , subtract estimated annual farming expenditures from probable gross income from farming . (Your Federal Income Tax. 1962 Edition (Revised to...)Some deductions are subtracted from Gross Income to determine Adjusted_Gross_Income . To compute your adjusted gross income you total all items of income . Sick_pay , if included in your Gross Income , is deducted in arriving at Adjusted_Gross_Income . |
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[ adjective ] visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
Synonyms Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)In the experimental animal and in man gross deficiency in dietary iodine causes thyroid hyperplasia , hypertrophy and increased thyroid activity ( Money , Rall and Rawson , 1952 ; Stanbury , Brownell , Riggs , Perinetti , Itoiz , and Del_Castillo , 1954 ) . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] repellently fat
Synonyms Examples "a bald porcine old man" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)It was amazing how they had herded together for protection : an enormous matriarch in a quilted silk wrapper , rising from the breakfast_table ; a gross boy in his teens , shuffling in from the kitchen with a sandwich in his hands ; a girl in her twenties , fat and sullen , descending the marble staircase ; then all four gathering on the sofa to face the inquisitor . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of general aspects or broad distinctions
Examples "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The gross details of the structure appear reasonable . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Examples "coarse language" "a crude joke" "crude behavior" "an earthy sense of humor" "a revoltingly gross expletive" "a vulgar gesture" "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Examples "an arrant fool" "a complete coward" "a consummate fool" "gross negligence" "a perfect idiot" "pure folly" "what a sodding mess" "stark staring mad" "utter nonsense" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (work) earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 416
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[ noun ] (business) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
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