Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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gross | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
net | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
gross (noun) | net (noun) |
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the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals |
twelve dozen | a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange |
a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects | |
game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton | |
a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) | |
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
gross (adjective) | net (adjective) |
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before any deductions | remaining after all deductions |
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | conclusive in a process or progression |
repellently fat | |
lacking fine distinctions or detail | |
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | |
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | |
visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) |
gross (verb) | net (verb) |
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earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | catch with a net |
construct or form a web, as if by weaving | |
make as a net profit | |
yield as a net profit |