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Definition of gross verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gross

verb
 
/ɡrəʊs/
 
/ɡrəʊs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gross
 
/ɡrəʊs/
 
/ɡrəʊs/
he / she / it grosses
 
/ˈɡrəʊsɪz/
 
/ˈɡrəʊsɪz/
past simple grossed
 
/ɡrəʊst/
 
/ɡrəʊst/
past participle grossed
 
/ɡrəʊst/
 
/ɡrəʊst/
-ing form grossing
 
/ˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/
 
/ˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. gross something to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it
    • It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time.
    • The concert grossed a massive £2 million at the box office.
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large’, from late Latin grossus.
See gross in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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