grossed
v.v. to earn a total amount of money before any costs or taxes are taken out. You often hear this when people talk about how much money a movie made at the cinema.
v. to earn a total amount of revenue as profit or income before the deduction of expenses, commissions, or taxes. Transitive — requires a direct object representing the monetary value.
The new superhero movie grossed over one billion dollars.
Last year, the small family business grossed fifty thousand dollars, but their high overhead costs meant their actual profit was much lower.
Despite receiving lukewarm reviews from critics, the summer blockbuster grossed record-breaking sums internationally, proving that star power can often override narrative shortcomings in the global market.
The verb is transitive and typically takes a currency amount or a noun phrase representing money as its object.
The company grossed of one million.The company grossed one million.Grossed is a transitive verb and takes a direct object; it should not be followed by the preposition 'of'.