Definition of "aggregate" []

• Constituting or amounting to a whole; total: aggregate sales in that market. (adjective)
• Botany Crowded or massed into a dense cluster. (adjective)
• Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means. (adjective)
• 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). (noun)
• The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete. (noun)

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• "The first is what I call aggregate influence, which is that one person's actions gets aggregated with that of many others and suddenly it has a big impact."
• "All our premises are in the French Concession, which amount in the aggregate is about 15 thousand taels or 20 thousand Mexican dollars more or less."
• "Who doesn't want you to think in the aggregate is a saleman."