gross
дохід, прибуток, виторг
гросс
Gros, Brutto
Twelve dozen = 144Twelve dozen = 144.
UK/ɡɹəʊs/US/ɡɹoʊs/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Twelve dozen = 144.
We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.
Gros
гроссgross
twelve dozen
(countable, uncountable)The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
Brutto
the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
(countable, uncountable)The bulk; the mass.
Examples
100 sentencesTranslations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
twelve dozen:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
twelve dozen:
total earnings or amount:
Origin
From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from OlFrom Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”).
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Forms
plural: gross / grossesSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the entire amount of income before any deductions are made:revenuereceipts
- twelve dozen:144
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable