ag·gre·gate ( g r -gt)adj. 1. Constituting or amounting to a whole; total: aggregate sales in that market. 2. Botany Crowded or massed into a dense cluster. 3. Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means. n. 1. A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount: "An empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head" (Edmund Burke). 2. The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete. v. (-g  t ) ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates v.tr. 1. To gather into a mass, sum, or whole. 2. To amount to; total. v.intr. Idiom: To come together or collect in a mass or whole: "Some [bacteria]aggregate so closely as to mimic a multicellular organism" (Gina Kolata). in the aggregate Taken into account as a whole: Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000. [Middle English aggregat, from Latin aggreg tus, past participle of aggregre, to add to : ad-, ad- + gregre, to collect (from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots).]ag gre·gate·ly adv.ag gre·gation n.ag gre·gative adj.ag gre·gator n. |
aggregator [ˈægrɪˌgeɪtə]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) a business organization that collates the details of an individual's financial affairs so that the information can be presented on a single website
2. (Business / Commerce) a firm that brings together a large group of consumers on whose behalf it negotiates reduced rates for good or services, esp in the energy sector
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| Noun | 1. |  aggregator - a person who collects things individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" archivist - a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives conchologist - a collector and student of mollusc shells coin collector, numismatist, numismatologist - a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) packrat - a collector of miscellaneous useless objects philatelist, stamp collector - a collector and student of postage stamps |
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