Gross

 

Gross may refer to:

FinanceEdit

  • Gross Cash Registers, a defunct UK company with a high profile in the 1970s
  • Gross (economics), is the total income before deducting expenses

Science and measurementEdit

  • Gross (unit), a counting unit equal to 144 items
  • Gross weight
  • Gross heating value, see Heat of combustion

PlacesEdit

  • Gross, Illinois, an unincorporated community
  • Gross, Kansas, an unincorporated community
  • Gross mine, a gold mine in Russia
  • Gross, Nebraska, a village
  • Gross Hills, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
  • 33800 Gross, an asteroid

Other usesEdit

  • Gross (surname)
  • Gross!, a television show on Discovery Channel
  • In golf, the gross score is the number of strokes taken before accounting for any handicap allowances
  • "In gross", legally associated with a legal person as opposed to a piece of land; as in:
    • Easement in gross as opposed to easement appurtenant
    • Hereditary in gross service, as opposed to serjeanty
    • Profit in gross as opposed to profit appurtenant
    • Villein in gross (tied to the lord) as opposed to villein regardant (tied to the manor)

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