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  2. Gross (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen, 12 2). [1] [2] A great gross refers to a group of 1,728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen, 12 3). [1] [2] A small gross [3] or a great hundred [4] refers to a group of 120 items (ten dozen, 10×12). The term can be abbreviated gr. or gro., and dates from the early 15th ...

  3. Dozen - Wikipedia

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    Twelve dozen (12 2 = 144) are known as a gross; and twelve gross (12 3 = 1,728, the duodecimal 1,000) are called a great gross, a term most often used when shipping or buying items in bulk. A great hundred, also known as a small gross, is 120 or ten dozen. Dozen may also be used to express a moderately large quantity as in "several dozen" (e.g ...

  4. Non-numerical words for quantities - Wikipedia

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    Great gross: 1,728 A dozen gross (12x144) Hat-trick: 3 The achievement of, a generally positive feat, three times in a game, or another achievement based on the number three [6] Several: 3+ Three or more but not many. Small gross: 120 Ten dozen (10x12) [7] Great hundred: 120 Ten dozen (10x12) or six score (6x20), also known as long-hundred or ...

  5. Duodecimal - Wikipedia

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    Another nominal for twelve (12 10) is a dozen (10 12 or 1•10 1 12). One hundred and forty-four (144 10) is also known as a gross (100 12 or 1•10 2 12). One thousand, seven hundred and twenty-eight is (1728 10) also known as a great-gross (1,000 12 or 1•10 3 12).

  6. This is why there are 13 in a baker’s dozen - AOL

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  7. Long and short scales - Wikipedia

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    That is, a million is a big thousand, much as a great gross is a dozen gross or 12 × 144 = 1728. [7] The word milliard, or its translation, is found in many European languages and is used in those languages for 10 9.

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    Income Limits 2024. Income Limits 2025. Benefit Reductions. If you're under FRA. $22,320 per year. $23,400 per year. $1 for every $2 over the limit. If you'll reach your FRA this year

  9. English numerals - Wikipedia

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    1728: a great gross (a dozen gross, third power of the duodecimal base), used historically in commerce; 10,000: a myriad (a hundred hundred), commonly used in the sense of an indefinite very high number; 100,000: a lakh (a hundred thousand), in Indian English; 10,000,000: a crore (a hundred lakh), in Indian English and written as 100,00,000.