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Definition of Aggregate
Aggregate

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

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Aggregate Quotations

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
Helen Keller

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.
Emile M. Cioran

Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
Robert Iger

A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.
Martin Feldstein

Even if the dollar does decline during the coming months, the delays in the response of exports and imports to the more competitive dollar will mean that the increase in aggregate demand from this source may not happen for a year or more.
Martin Feldstein

Aggregate Translations

aggregate in Dutch is aggregatie, aggregaat
aggregate in German is sich, belaufen auf, Gesamtmenge, Summe
aggregate in Portuguese is agregado
aggregate in Spanish is agregado, agregar
aggregate in Swedish is total, aggregat

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