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aggregate
noun
A whole formed by combining several separate parts.
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To gather separate quantities or items into a combined whole.
The editor will aggregate the votes from all three panels.
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The aggregate of the small donations covered the repair bill.
The production manager handled fiscal oversight by recording approved expenses and checking them against the available funds. She examined the aggregate of the department requests, not just the size of each request in isolation.
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aggregationnoun
A collection or combination of separate things into a group or total.
The report presents an aggregation of responses from all three workshops.
An aggregation of supply lists gave the student craft fair one combined record of everything the clubs could contribute.
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