Real Dictionary

gross
You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity.

gross in Accounting 1
adjective: Gross refers to the total amount of something, especially money, before anything has been taken away.

gross in Accounting 2
verb: If a person or a company grosses a particular amount of money, they earn it as total revenue, before deductions such as expenses and tax.

gross in American English
big or fat and coarse-looking; corpulent; burly

gross in American Englishfor 12, 13
adjective: without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net)
noun: a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things
transitive verb: to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc

gross in British English
to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc
adjective: repellently or excessively fat or bulky
exclamation: an exclamation indicating disgust
noun: a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen

gross in Retail 1
adjective: Gross refers to the total amount of something, especially money, before anything has been taken away.

gross in Retail 2
verb: If a person or a company grosses a particular amount of money, they earn it as total revenue, before deductions such as expenses and tax.