Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,728,462,232 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

conglomerate
(redirected from conglomerations)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.

A corporation operating in several different and unrelated enterprises, such as the movie industry, baking, and oil refining.

A conglomerate merger is one that brings together two firms with totally different product lines, economic relationships, and functions. Such a merger may violate antitrust acts inasmuch as it may have an adverse effect on competition.

conglomerate adjective accumulated, aggregate, amalgamated, amassed, assembled, blended, brought together, collected, collectivized, complex, composite, compound, compounded, congregate, congregated, cumulated, gathered into a round mass, glomerate, indiscriminate, inseparable, mass, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, united, varied
See also: accumulation, agglomeration, aggregate, assemblage, coadunate, coalition, coherent, collect, collection, combine, commingle, compile, complex, composite, compound, concentrate, congregate, consolidate, corporation, corpus, crystallize, cumulation, desegregate, development, gather, join, merge, unite


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
With the exception of annual color beds here and there and some conglomerations of roses - which look nice enough for a few weeks in early spring - you could easily fall asleep driving down a local street if staying awake depended on color in the landscape.
IN THE GARDEN DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP VALLEY COLORFUL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Mass murder comes when we forget what a human being is, and begin to regard people as accidental conglomerations of matter.
The manipulation of humanity by Stockland, Peter / Catholic Insight
Alfortville to the south-east of Paris in the lie de France is one of those unlovely conglomerations that constitute so much of the Parisian banlieues.
Object lesson by Azulay, Ben / The Architectural Review
More results
 
Legal browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Legal Dictionary
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.