grossgross3 verb [transitive] 
The movie has already grossed over $10 million.gross somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English spoken to make someone wish they had not seen or been told about something because it is so unpleasant SYN disgust: His dirty fingernails really gross me out.—grossed out adjective
VERB TABLE
gross
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | gross |
| he, she, it | grosses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grossed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grossed |
| he, she, it | has grossed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grossed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gross |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grossed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am grossing |
| he, she, it | is grossing | |
| you, we, they | are grossing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was grossing |
| you, we, they | were grossing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grossing |
| he, she, it | has been grossing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grossing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grossing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grossing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- If you gross over $100,000, you should consult a good tax accountant.
- Jack grosses $58,000 a year, but he has to pay taxes and health insurance out of that.
- The animated film "Jungle Book" grossed $7.7 million.
- Walmax, a California superstore, grosses more than eight million dollars annually.
- He was trying to gross me out.
- Hoffert said the business grossed about $ 285,000 last year, and will do better in 2000.
- If it grossed 40 with video and everything, then they'd have made a good profit.
- If you found the opening pitch a bit over the top, the follow-up would gross you out completely.
- The theater currently grosses $ 14 million a year, $ 900,000 of which goes to the city.
- Three years later, he had acquired a chain of theaters that grossed $ 10, 000 a week.
- With the associated tax break, the promised returns could gross up into handsome rewards.
Longman Language Activatorto get money for your work
to be paid a particular amount of money for your work, especially over a period of time - earn is more formal than make or get: · At the peak of his career, Rogers was earning more than seven million dollars a year.· It's not uncommon nowadays for women to earn more than their husbands.earn £15,000 per year/$15 an hour etc: · Alan earns $30,000 a year.
to be paid a particular amount of money for your work, especially a lot of money: · Ella makes a lot of money.· How much to you think he makes?make $500 a week/£25,000 per year etc: · Some models make millions of dollars a year.
informal to earn a particular amount of money every hour, week etc: get £10 per hour/$350 dollars a week etc: · My sister gets $22 an hour at her new job.· How much are you getting a week?get $25/£15 etc for doing something: · I got £5 for washing Nick's car.
to earn money when you work for an employer and not for yourself: be paid £50/$200 etc: · City maintenance workers are paid around $250 a week.· We get paid every two weeks.
British informal to earn a particular amount of money each year: · Claire's on a very good salary.· In January, I'll be on £23,350.· How much were you on in your last job?
especially American to earn a particular amount of money each year, before tax has been taken away - use this especially to talk about companies or businesses making money: · Jack grosses $58,000 a year, but he has to pay taxes and health insurance out of that.· Walmax, a California superstore, grosses more than eight million dollars annually.gross over/more than: · If you gross over $100,000, you should consult a good tax accountant.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sweeping generalization based on speculation Howell was fired for gross insubordination. She was found guilty of gross misconduct (=very serious misconduct).
to gain an amount as a total profit, or earn it as a total amount, before tax has been taken away: (=before tax has been paid)· You can usually borrow up to three times the value of your gross earnings per year.
(=very great and untrue)· The figures in this report are a gross exaggeration.
(=the total amount a company spends before/after any tax or costs have been taken away)· Spending on research and development represents 13% of our gross expenditure.
a sweeping generalization based on speculation (=income before you have paid tax)· The family’s gross income has increased by 5% this year.
Howell was fired for gross insubordination. She was found guilty of gross misconduct (=very serious misconduct). (also pre-tax profit) (=before tax and costs are paid)· The hotel group made a gross profit of £51.9 million in 2008.
(=a very serious violation)· They had committed gross violations of the law.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· These are combined to give an overall requirement which is grossed up for tax and converted into the local currency.· With the associated tax break, the promised returns could gross up into handsome rewards.· Any assessment on the beneficiaries to income tax can never be more than on the £65 grossed up.· A correction factor was then applied, as before, to gross up for the entire Scotch Whisky industry.
NOUN· I hoped that it would gross $ 40 million because the movie cost 34.· Combination stores may gross $ 8 million or more in sales annually.· The theater currently grosses $ 14 million a year, $ 900,000 of which goes to the city.
· Tourism is our second biggest contributor - after North Sea oil - to gross domestic product.
The movie has already grossed over $10 million.gross somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English spoken to make someone wish they had not seen or been told about something because it is so unpleasant SYN disgust: His dirty fingernails really gross me out.—grossed out adjective