consolidated

[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid]

adjective

1. brought together into a single whole.

2. having become solid, firm, or coherent.

3. Accounting.,  taking into account the combined information gathered from the financial conditions of a parent corporation and its subsidiaries.

   a consolidated balance sheet.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-consolidated adjective
• unconsolidated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of consolidated¹

First recorded in 1745–55; consolidate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The stuff in my mom’s two-bedroom apartment had, over time, been consolidated from two other houses.

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“Reforms such as harmonizing VAT rules or establishing a common consolidated corporate tax base remain stuck because of national vetoes, leaving firms to navigate a maze of fragmented tax regimes,” she said.

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The yen consolidated against other G-10 and Asian currencies in the early session as traders digest Japan Finance Minister Katayama’s concerns over the Japanese currency’s recent movements.

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The home secretary also plans to end the process of allowing multiple appeals in asylum cases and replacing it with a single, consolidated appeal where all grounds must be raised at once.

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Under Armour does not expect a significant effect on its consolidated financial results or profitability as a result of the separation, the company said.

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Related Words

• concerted 
• cooperative 
• homogeneous 
• integrated 
• linked 
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• undivided 
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