Meaning

noun twelve dozen

noun the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

verb earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

origin* As a Jewish and German surname, from groß (“great, large”). The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול (“big, large”), hence the Hebraicization Gadol. * As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above. The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.

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