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A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen, 12 2). [1] [2] A great gross refers to a group of 1,728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen, 12 3). [1] [2] A small gross [3] or a great hundred [4] refers to a group of 120 items (ten dozen, 10×12). The term can be abbreviated gr. or gro., and dates from the early 15th ...
Gross or Groß in German is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß". It is a surname of German, Prussian, and Yiddish (Ashkenazi Jewish) origin.
Hans Gustav Adolf Gross or Groß (26 December 1847 – 9 December 1915) was an Austrian criminal jurist and criminologist, the "Founding Father" of criminal profiling. A criminal jurist, Gross made a mark as the creator of the field of criminality. Throughout his life, Hans Gross made significant contributions to the realm of scientific ...
Gross: 144 Twelve dozen Score: 20 Presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from one to twenty, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next twenty. [3] [4] A distance of twenty yards in ancient archery and gunnery. [5] Threescore: 60 Three score (3x20) Large: 1,000
Gross pay refers to what you earn before taxes, benefits and other payroll deductions are withheld from your salary or wages. The amount remaining after all withholdings are accounted for is net ...
It is a dozen gross, or one great gross (or grand gross). [1] It is also the number of cubic inches in a cubic foot. In mathematics.
Pascal Groß (German pronunciation: [pasˈkaːl ˈɡʁoːs], [citation needed] sometimes rendered in English as Gross; born 15 June 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or full-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.
Gross (surname) G.R.O.S.S. (Get Rid Of Slimy GirlS), a recurring element in the comic Calvin and Hobbes; 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