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grossed

/ɡroʊst/ /ɡrɒst/

Meanings
verb
To earn money, not including expenses.

Examples :

"The movie grossed three million on the first weekend."
business finance economy

Related Words

Illustration three

three noun

/θɹiː/ /fɹiː/

The digit/figure 3.

"The number three is written with the digit three. "

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not noun

/nɒt/ /nɑt/

A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

"The not of the student's attendance record meant they were absent. "

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expenses noun

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪz/

A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

"Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run."

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including verb

/ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/

To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.

"I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental."

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movie noun

/ˈmuːvi/

A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

"My favorite movie is about a group of friends who go on an adventure. "

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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weekend noun

/wiːˈkɛnd/ /ˈwiˌkɛnd/

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

"The weekend is a good time for families to spend time together. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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first noun

/fɪrst/ /fɜːst/ /fɝst/

The person or thing in the first position.

"He was the first to complete the course."

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earn verb

/ɜːn/ /ɝn/

To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.

"The student earned a good grade on the history test by studying hard. "

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money noun

/ˈmʌni/

A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.

"The government uses money to pay teachers' salaries. "

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million numeral

/ˈmɪljən/

(long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106; a thousand thousand.

"The company made a profit of one million dollars last year. "