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  • 1The Gross Clinic — Infobox Painting| title=The Gross Clinic artist=Thomas Eakins year=1875 type=oil on canvas height inch=8 width inch=6 6 museum= Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts The Gross Clinic is an 1875 painting by Thomas… …

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  • 2By the gross — Gross Gross, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). See {Gross}, a.] 1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. The gross of the enemy. Addison. [1913 Webster] For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of… …

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  • 3In the gross — Gross Gross, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). See {Gross}, a.] 1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. The gross of the enemy. Addison. [1913 Webster] For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of… …

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  • 4by the gross — adverb : in large quantities and usually at lower than retail prices : wholesale bought bottle openers by the gross * * * figurative in large numbers or amounts impoverished Mexicans who were arrested here by the gross …

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  • 5in the gross — phrasal archaic : in totality : in entirety : as an undivided whole not to accept the past in the gross R.C.Trench …

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  • 6Gross margin — (also called gross profit margin or gross profit rate) is the difference between revenue and cost before accounting for certain other costs. Generally, it is calculated as the selling price of an item, less the cost of goods sold (production or… …

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  • 7gross — the total overall amount. For example, gross profit is the trading profit of a business without any deductions for business expenses. Glossary of Business Terms Before deduction of tax. Exchange Handbook Glossary The gross amount is the amount… …

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  • 8Gross tonnage — Gross Tonnage, along with Net Tonnage, was defined by The International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 , adopted by the International Maritime Organization in 1969, and came into force on July 18, 1982. These two measurements… …

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  • 9Gross — Gross, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F. gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E. crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened. Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.] 1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of… …

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  • 10Gross adventure — Gross Gross, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F. gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E. crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened. Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.] 1. Great; large; bulky;… …

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