before any deductions; gross income'

twelve dozen

[ Syn: 144 ]

the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

[ Syn: revenue , receipts ]

lacking fine distinctions or detail; the gross details of the structure appear reasonable'

repellently fat; a bald porcine old man

[ Syn: porcine ]

visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

[ Syn: megascopic ]

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; an arrant fool; a complete coward; a consummate fool; a double-dyed villain; gross negligence; a perfect idiot; pure folly; what a sodding mess; stark staring mad; a thoroughgoing villain; utter nonsense; the unadulterated truth

[ Syn: arrant , complete , consummate , double-dyed , everlasting , perfect , pure , sodding , stark , staring , thoroughgoing , utter , unadulterated ]

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

[ Syn: crude , earthy , vulgar ]

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

[ Syn: crying , egregious , flagrant , glaring , rank ]

earn before taxes, expenses, etc.