Consolidation definition

kən-sŏlĭ-dāshən
A consolidating or being consolidated.
  • A merger; union.
  • A stabilization; strengthening.
  • A solidification.
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The definition of consolidation means the act of combining or merging people or things.

An example of a consolidation is when two companies merge together.

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The merger of two or more commercial interests or corporations.
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The act or process of consolidating.
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In corporate law, the union of two or more corporations into a new corporation along with the dissolution of the original corporations. See also merger.
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The act of combining two or more things into one.
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In civil procedure, the court-ordered combination of two or more actions that involve the same parties or issues. In the end, there may be a single judgment for all the actions or a separate judgment for each original action. See also joinder.
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The combination of several actions into one.
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(medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
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The state of being consolidated.
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The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
consolidation
Plural:
consolidations

Origin of consolidation

  • From Latin consolidationem, from consolidare.

    From Wiktionary

Consolidation Sentence Examples

  • Just as the historical school grew up along with the greatest constructive achievement of the 29th century, namely, the consolidation of Germany, so the application to modern problems of the methods of that school has been called forth by the constructive needs of the present generation.

  • Local sentiment was firmly against complete consolidation.

  • The original circuit at Tunstall no sooner felt its feet than it favoured consolidation rather than extension.

  • The judges who governed the island were always at strife, and, as some of them applied to Pisa and some to Genoa for assistance against one another, the Italian seas were once more stained with blood, and the war burst out again and again, down to 1259, when it terminated in the decisive victory of the Pisans and the consolidation of their supremacy in Sardinia.

  • This originated in America, where it is termed the " Consolidation."

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