单词 | grosser |
释义 | grossern.1 Obsolete exc. dialect. = engrosser n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman > buying up for resale or monopoly regratorc1390 forestaller14.. regraterc1400 engrosserc1460 grey merchant1542 grosser?1542 forebuyer1558 ingrater1583 market-monger1629 pin-hooker1885 mailer1950 switch dealer1967 ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xx. sig. F1v All inclosars grossers vp of fermys extorcyonars and oppressers of the common welth. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 324 Grozer, one who keeps money or other valuables long by him. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 76 Groser, a saver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). grossern.2 A film, etc., that ‘grosses’ or brings in a sum of money: usually qualified by a defining word (big, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > source of profit get-penny1605 Diana1640 money-spinner1825 money-maker1850 oof-bird1888 grosser1959 port wages1992 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 335 We've had approximately the same number of big box-office grossers and box-office duds. 1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xxv. 432 The Great Dictator..turned out to be the biggest grosser of all my pictures up to that time. 1966 Listener 15 Dec. 889/3 The gross last year of Goldfinger was £15,000,000. When the film is re-released it will almost certainly become the biggest grosser in the history of the cinema. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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