consolidatornoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪtər/usCOMMERCE a company that buys a supply of particular goods or services from different places and then offers them for sale to the public:
Hotel Reservations Network is a hotel room consolidator which takes advantage of volume buying to offer large discounts on rooms in major cities.
ECONOMICS, FINANCE a large, successful company that buys other companies in order to form a larger organization:
It has been one of the most aggressive consolidators in the investment banking industry sector.
TRANSPORT a transport company that arranges for goods sent by different companies to be stored and transported together:
We are a consolidator, offering freight consolidation services for international shipping.