substitute replacement | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
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 |
coffee substitute | a drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for it |
stand-in substitute relief reliever backup backup man fill-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult), the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes, we need extra employees for summer fill-ins |
substitute reserve second-stringer | an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced |
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 |
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 |
substitute replace interchange exchange | put in the place of another, switch seemingly equivalent items, the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt, substitute regular milk with fat-free milk, synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning |
substitute sub stand in fill in | be a substitute, The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague, The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet |
gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. |
substitute deputize deputise step in | act as a substitute, She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold |
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 |
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 |
ersatz substitute | artificial and inferior, ersatz coffee, substitute coffee |
alternate alternative substitute | serving or used in place of another, an alternative plan |
utility(a) substitute(a) | capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team, a utility infielder |