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1. [n] the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

2. [n] twelve dozen

3. [v] earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

4. [s] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

5. [s] conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "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"

6. [s] repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"

7. [s] of general aspects or broad distinctions; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"

8. [s] visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

9. [a] before any deductions; "gross income"

similar words

1. [a] conspicuous

2. [a] obvious

3. [a] indecent

4. [a] fat

5. [a] general

6. [a] macroscopic

7. [a] macroscopical

8. [a] large

9. [s] overall

10. [s] total

opposite words

1. [a] net

2. [a] nett

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