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Twelve dozen = 144.

The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.

The bulk, the mass, the masses.

To earn money, not including expenses.

Example: The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.

(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

Example: a gross mistake;  gross injustice;  gross negligence; a gross insult

(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

Example: gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight

Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

Example: gross anatomy

Causing disgust.

Example: I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.