rescue deliverance delivery saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger, work is the deliverance of mankind, a surgeon's job is the saving of lives |
economy saving | an act of economizing, reduction in cost, it was a small economy to walk to work every day, there was a saving ofcents |
preservation saving | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
face saver face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
saving grace | a redeeming quality or characteristic, her love of music remains her one saving grace, her sense of humor has to be a saving grace, the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs |
gross anatomy macroscopic anatomy | the study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope |
sale in gross contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
gross estate | the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death |
gross revenue receipts | the entire amount of income before any deductions are made |
gross national product GNP | former measure of the United States economy, the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually yr) |
real gross national product real GNP | a version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation |
gross domestic product GDP | the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in , the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually year) |
gross profit gross profit margin margin | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold |
gross sales gross revenue sales | income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time |
margin of profit profit margin gross margin | the ratio gross profits divided by net sales |
long ton ton gross ton | a British unit of weight equivalent topounds |
gross | twelve dozen |
great gross | a cardinal number equal to one dozen gross |
grace saving grace state of grace | (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God, the state of one who is under such divine influence, the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin, it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church, the Virgin lived in a state of grace |
daylight-saving time daylight-savings time daylight saving daylight savings | time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time, widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings |
freak out freak gross out | lose one's nerve, When he saw the accident, he freaked out |
disgust gross out revolt repel | fill with distaste, This spoilt food disgusts me |
gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. |
crying(a) egregious flagrant glaring gross rank | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible, a crying shame, an egregious lie, flagrant violation of human rights, a glaring error, gross ineptitude, gross injustice, rank treachery |
crude earthy gross vulgar | conspicuously and tastelessly indecent, coarse language, a crude joke, crude behavior, an earthy sense of humor, a revoltingly gross expletive, a vulgar gesture, full of language so vulgar it should have been edited |
gross porcine | repellently fat, a bald porcine old man |
redemptive redeeming(a) saving(a) | bringing about salvation or redemption from sin, saving faith, redemptive (or redeeming) love |
face-saving | maintaining dignity or prestige, a face-saving compromise |
e arrant(a) complete(a) consummate(a) double-dyed(a) everlasting(a) gross(a) perfect(a) pure(a) sodding(a) stark(a) staring(a) thoroughgoing(a) utter(a) unadulterated | without qualification, used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers, an arrant fool, a complete coward, a consummate fool, a double-dyed villain, gross negligence, a perfect idiot, pure folly, what a sodding mess, stark staring mad, a thoroughgoing villain, utter nonsense, the unadulterated truth |
saving | characterized by thriftiness, wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution- Ellen Glasgow |