consolidated

American  

[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid] / kənˈsɒl ɪˌdeɪ tɪd /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• quasi-consolidated adjective
• unconsolidated adjective

Etymology

Origin of consolidated

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

Example Sentences

In Lynn, Mass., shopkeepers consolidated skilled labor while distributing semiskilled work to households.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From MarketWatch

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From BBC

Related Words

• concerted
• cooperative
• homogeneous
• integrated
• linked
• unanimous
• undivided
• unified