GROSS
Great; culpable; general; absolute. A thing in gross
exists in its own right, and not as an appendage to
another thing. Before or without diminution or
deduction. Whole; entire; total; as in the gross
sum, amount, weight—as opposed to net. Not
adjusted or reduced by deductions or subtractions.
Out of all measure; beyond allowance; fla-
grant; shameful; as a gross dereliction of duty, a
gross injustice, gross carelessness or NEGLIGENCE.
