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Combining into a solid mass
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consolidation
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consolidation \Con*sol`i*da"tion\, n. [L. consolidatio a confirming: cf. F. consolidation.] The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination. The consolidation of the marble and of ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In business , consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting , consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group company as consolidated ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. combining into a solid mass the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them" ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Late Latin consolidationem (nominative consolidatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of consolidare "to make firm, consolidate," from com- "together" (see com- ) + solidare "to make solid," from solidus (see solid ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act or process of consolidate, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination. 2 The combination of several actions into one. 3 (context medicine English) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually ...
Usage examples of consolidation.
With the grouping of the settlements into kingdoms and the consolidation of Mercia under Offa, Buckinghamshire was included in Mercia until, with the submission of that kingdom to the Northmen, it became part of the Danelaw.
Everybody knows all about the Pythagorean craze, its rise in Boston, its rapid spread, and its subsequent consolidation with mental and Christian science, theosophy, hypnotism, the Salvation Army, the Shakers, the Dunkards, and the mind-cure cult, upon a business basis.
Still, I hope to be able to do some good in my time, and I intend to devote myself to two great ends -- namely, to the consolidation of the various clans which together make up the Zu-Vendi people, under one strong central government, and to the sapping of the power of the priesthood.
The tendency now is, as to the Union, consolidation, and as to the particular state, humanitarianism, socialism, or centralized democracy.
Their association began with a group of Jeffersonian Republicans who, after the second English war, sought to resume the interrupted work of national consolidation.
The effects of consolidation are conspicuous among the Omaha, Kansa, Osage, and Oto, while segregation has affected the social organization among the Kansa, Ponka, and Teton.
Now they are discovering that naps also allow that consolidation to occur.
With those who shall possess their repartimientos and encomiendas without any stipulation for the consolidation, you shall contract in the same manner and form, with the obligation to come to obtain the confirmation.
I reject the doctrine of State sovereignty, which I held and defended from 1828 to 1861, but still maintain that the sovereignty of the American Republic vests in the States, though in the States collectively, or united, not severally, and thus escape alike consolidation and disintegration.
But probably the most important use to which metal was put, as we shall see, was the making of weapons, which brought a sharp increase in warfare and the consolidation of control over ever larger territorial units in late Yayoi times.
Perhaps, if they had recognized and studied the constitution which preceded that drawn up by the Convention of 1787, and which is intrinsic, inherent in the republic itself, they would have seen that it solves the problem, and asserts national unity without consolidation, and the rights of the several States without danger of disintegration.
A breathing spell, wisely ordered by the mealworms with a view to consolidation, prevents the market from running wild.
He prepared me for the indispensable corollary of all the verbalizations, and the consolidation of all the teachings, the states of non-ordinary reality.
The Centrum oversaw the actions of mercantile consolidations like United Stars, and mediated when disputes arose.
Some of the information we sold to a few consolidations, some to the Centrum.