consolidatedadj.
/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪtɪd/ 1.
a. Made solid, firm, or compact; solidified; combined, unified.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid
congealedc1384
consolidate1531
baked1547
condensate1555
congelate1574
concrete1598
indensate1599
coagulate1610
condense1610
condensated1625
concreted1634
spissed1635
conglaciated1656
corporified1680
solid1697
incrassateda1706
caked1820
solidified1828
consolidateda1850
sadded1894
densified1900
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined
conjoint1393
redacta1398
combinate1583
combined1603
social1620
solida1626
consolidate1638
conjunct1649
alligateda1676
combinated1757
amalgamated1827
amalgamate1849
consolidateda1850
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [adjective] > thick
consolidateda1850
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > collected into one mass or body
aggregatec1400
consolidate1531
contracted1609
aggregated1615
congregate1626
consolidateda1850
a1850 J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) II. 387 All consolidated governments,—governments in which a single power predominates, are necessarily despotic.
1859 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (new ed.) 47 These consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. xii. 386 A mass of partially consolidated mud.
b. esp. of sources of revenue, funds, debts, etc. consolidated annuities: the Government securities of Great Britain, including a large part of the national debt, consisting originally of a great variety of public securities, which were consolidated in 1751 (25 Geo. II. c. 27) into a single stock bearing interest at 3 per cent. (In 1889, the interest was reduced to 23/ 4 per cent., and is to be further reduced in 1903 to 21/ 2.) See also the abbreviated form consol n. Consolidated Fund: the united product of various taxes and other branches of the revenue of Great Britain and Ireland, whence the interest of the national debt, the grants to the Royal Family, the Civil List, and other charges not dependent upon annual vote in Parliament, are paid.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of a sovereign or state
exchequer1565
fiscal1590
fisc1599
finances1656
the public purse1659
public finance1676
Consolidated Fund1753
federal fund1836
money supply1871
treasury-chest1877
Federal Reserve1913
Fed1942
monetary aggregate1946
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [adjective] > consolidated (of revenue)
consolidated1753
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > made part of state debt > unified (of various debts)
consolidated1753
society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > of the national debt > consols
consolidated annuities1753
consols1770
three per cents1794
Goschens1889
1753 Bank of Eng. Dividend Bk. 5 Jan. A list of the proprietors in the capital or joint stock of 3 per cent. consolidated annuities erected by an Act of Parliament (25 Geo. II).
1760–1 Act 1 Geo. III c. 7 Joint stock of three pounds per centum annuities consolidated at the Bank of England.
1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 240 The right honourable gentleman leads to battle his last grand division, the consolidated debt of 1777.
1786–7 Act 27 Geo. III c. 13 §55 Three pounds per centum consolidated annuities.
1786–7 Act 27 Geo. III c. 47 Shall be carried to and constitute a fund to be called the Consolidated Fund.
1796 Count Rumford in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 215 To accept of one thousand pounds stock, in the three per cent. consolidated public funds of this country.
1818 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1421 These grants should be charged on the hereditary revenue of the crown, instead of the consolidated fund.
1870 Daily News 14 Feb. The portions of the Roman Consolidated Debt which had..fallen to the charge of Italy.
1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 249 A certificate of consolidated stock entitles the holder to an annuity.
2. spec. (see quot. 1887 and consolidation n. 5).
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1887 Sci. Amer. 56 3/2 The locomotive was one of the heaviest kind known as a consolidated engine, having four drive-wheels on a side, and weighing 106,000 pounds.
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