aggregate adj
1. gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregated, aggregative, mass]
2. formed of separate units in a cluster; "raspberries are aggregate fruits" n
3. a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: congeries, conglomeration]
4. the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality] v
5. amount in the aggregate to
6. gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: combine]

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]
1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. ``The aggregated soil.'' --Milton.
2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. --Wollaston.
3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]
1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective. The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T. Browne.
2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

See more meaning on Aggregate...

• Aggregate: An aggregate is a collection of items that are gathered together to form a total quantity. Aggregate (composite), in materials science, a ...
• Construction aggregate: Construction aggregate, or simply "aggregate ", is a broad category of coarse particulate material used in construction , including sand ...
• Aggregate (composite): Aggregate is the component of a composite material used to resist compressive stress and provide bulk to the composite material. ...
• Aggregate demand: In macroeconomics , aggregate demand (AD) is the total demand for final goods and services in the economy (Y) at a given time and price ...
• Aggregate data: In statistics , aggregate data describes data combined from several measurements. In economics , aggregate data or data aggregates describes ...

• MetLife (MET) Announces Aggregate $1.36B in Dividend Payments for Eligible Policyholders - StreetInsider.com
  MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced that four of its life insurance subsidiaries (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company, New England Life Insurance Company, and General American Life Insurance Company), approved an ... Read more on this news related to 'Aggregate'
• Martin Marietta, Vulcan Fighting for Survival in Aggregate Market - McGraw Construction
  Martin Marietta Materials Inc.'s hostile takeover of rival aggregate supplier Vulcan Materials Co. has been dealt a setback. On May 4, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo E. Strine Jr. took the unusual step of imposing a four-month ban on Martin Marietta's ... Read more on this news related to 'Aggregate'
• Canada: Quick Toronto Hearings On Aggregate Resources Act - Mondaq
  The Ontario Aggregate Resources Act governs development of aggregates like gravel, sand, clay, earth, and stone. Most of the aggregate resources produced in Ontario are used for construction, but they are also important for many other industries. Read more on this news related to 'Aggregate'