in gross

See also: ingross

English

Alternative forms

• in the gross

Prepositional phrase

in gross

1. Roughly; approximately; generally; without going into details.
2. In a large quantity or sum; without division or particulars; by wholesale.
3. (law) Held independently of anything else; not annexed to or appended to anything else.

   an easement in gross, a hereditary office held in gross

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “held independently in law”): appurtenant

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “in gross”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Grisons, grisons, rossing, signors