gross-up

gross-up
 n.— «The Atlanta-based company also paid more than $3 million in Nardelli’s federal and state income taxes, a practice called “gross-up.”» —“SEC’s Disclosure Would Unveil Hidden Executive Perks, Payouts” by Edward Robinson Bloomberg Mar. 3, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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