As a unit of measure, how many items are in a "gross?
One gross is a unit of measurement, for countable items. It is equal to 12 dozen, or 144 pieces. In the same manner, a dozen gross, or 1728 items is called great gross. Small gross or great hundred is used to refer to ten dozen items. If a shop is advertising to sell a product "en gros", this means that it will sell larger quantities.
The term dates from the early 15th century, from the Old French "grosse douzaine", "large dozen”. A gross may be abbreviated as "gr" or "gro".
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11 Comments
Chris Braid
A local pervert exposed himself to 144 different women. He was arrested and charged with gross indecency! 😀
Richard D. Boyle
It’s a dozen dozen Darlene.
catmom
This was easy for me bc Dad was a printer & I used to help him when I was a kid in the summer.
catmom
For Chris Braid -- That was really funny. Thx. I loved it.😂👍
Cari G.
Had to dig around in my brain for this one. So used to metric now.
Richard G Schwartz
Well isn't that gross.
Cora Jeske
markdclark, pretty sure she meant odd as in its not 150 or 200 - something that's well rounded.
Kevin Dale Streets
Darlene Davidson, 144 is an even number.
Denise Currie
Is it just me getting smarter or was this particular quiz very easy?
docluci
Easy answer
Sergey Boev
Twelve dozens.