in the aggregate

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in the aggregate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, n.
     1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is
        an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.
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     Note: In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately
           mixed than in a compound.
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     2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous
        particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by
        the union of heterogeneous particles.
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     In the aggregate, collectively; together.
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