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in the gross

in the gross is the alternative form of in gross.

Meaning of in gross

Prepositional phrase

  1. Roughly; approximately; generally; without going into details.
  2. In a large quantity or sum; without division or particulars; by wholesale.
  3. Held independently of anything else; not annexed to or appended to anything else.
    • an easement in gross, a hereditary office held in gross

Questions about in the gross

What is in the gross the alternative form of?
In the gross is the alternative form of in gross.

Words near in the gross in the dictionary

  1. in the green tree
  2. in the green tree … in the dry
  3. in the grip of
  4. in the gristle
  5. in the groove
  6. in the gross
  7. in the ground
  8. in the hand
  9. in the hands of
  10. in the heat of the moment
  11. in the hell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the gross (page history and authors); in gross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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