gross
noun/ɡrəʊs/
/ɡrəʊs/
- (plural gross)a group of 144 things
- two gross of apples
- to sell something by the gross
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- (plural grosses)(especially US English) a total amount of money earned by something, especially a film, before any costs are taken away
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large’, from late Latin grossus.
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