aggregate has definitions from the field of botany
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[ adjective ] gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole

Synonyms

mass aggregative

Examples

"the aggregate amount of indebtedness"

Used in print

(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)

We are concerned with aggregate demand for the industry 's product .

In any given time_period , the aggregate demand for the industry 's product is determined by two things : the price charged by the industry , and the level of GNP .

Related terms

collective

2
[ adjective ] gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole

Examples

"aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year" "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"

Related terms

collective

3
[ noun ] the whole amount

Synonyms

total sum totality

Used in print

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

Throughout the history of the program , state_government expenditures in the aggregate have usually matched or exceeded the Federal expenditures , while local districts all_together have spent more_than either Federal or state_governments .

Related terms

whole total

4
[ verb ] amount in the aggregate to

Related terms

come sum

5
[ adjective ] (botany) formed of separate units in a cluster

Examples

"raspberries are aggregate fruits"

Related terms

botany multiple

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[ verb ] gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Synonyms

combine

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[ noun ] a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Related terms

sum plankton nekton accumulate

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