Author of the classic Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert famously declared: âTo be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.â. Albert Schweitzer said âHappiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.â.
1 A gross refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen or a square dozen).  A great gross refers to a group of 1728 items (a dozen gross or a cubic dozen).
Best Answer: Basically the weight of the containder. Gross is the weight of container loaded with contents, You subtract the Tare from the Gross to get the Net, Net being the weight of just the contents. In a kitchen scale, you can basically zero the scale with the empty container befor youput contents in it.