conglomerates

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plural of conglomerate
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To combine together into a larger mass
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Clustered together into a mass
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A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity
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{v} to make round, to wind up
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{a} crowded together irregularly
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A clastic sedimentary rock containing relatively large, rounded to subangular fragments (pebbles, cobbles or boulders), set in a fine-grained matrix of sand or silt
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a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
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A corporation that has diversified in operations usually by acquiring enterprises in widely varied industries
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A sedimentary rock composed of coarse-grained rock fragments, pebbles, or cobbles cemented together in a fine-grained matrix A cemented gravel
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A sedimentary rock composed of gravel, cobbles and boulders mixed in with sand or mud
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A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix
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Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light
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A large company with many divisions, increasingly common in children's publishing
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To combine together into a larger corporation
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A sedimentary rock that contains rounded particles over two millimeters in size
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a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
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A cemented clastic rock containing rounded fragments corresponding in their grade sizes to gravel or pebbles
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A cluster of heterogeneous things
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- a rock composed of fragments of varying sizes embedded in a much finer grained matrix, or cemented chemically as the case of a limestone conglomerate
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That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation
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A combination of businesses, in different commercial areas, all of which are owned by one holding company
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a corporation that diversifies its operations by entering many different industries
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Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together
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A sedimentary rock made of a mixture of rounded pieces of other rocks
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A corporation that has diversified its operations usually by acquiring enterprises in widely varied industries
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A unit of storage within a Cloudscape database, either a table or an index
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{f} accumulate, gather; form from diverse elements
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collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
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A coarse-grained sedimentary rock, with clasts larger than 2 mm
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A very coarse grained sediment consisting of rounded clasts
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A company directly or indirectly operating in a variety of industries, usually unrelated to each other
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08 in. (2 mm) in diameter. It is commonly contrasted with breccia. Conglomerates are usually subdivided according to the average size of their constituent materials into pebble (fine), cobble (medium), and boulder (coarse). In business, a widely diversified company, especially a corporation that acquires other firms whose activities are unrelated to its primary activity. Conglomerate mergers are undertaken for many reasons, including the prospect of making additional use of existing facilities, improving the corporation's overall marketing position, decreasing the risk of relying on a single type of product, and effecting corporate reorganization. The practice was widespread in the 1960s and 1980s, but in the 1990s many conglomerates began to sell off unwanted subsidiaries
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the merging of two or more businesses from different industries The new company is placed under the authority of one executive officer and a board of directors
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Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers
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A rock composed of rounded pebbles and sand which are cemented together into a solid rock
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A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies. Fiat is Italy's largest industrial conglomerate. In petrology, lithified sedimentary rock consisting of rounded fragments larger than
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A type of rock made up of small fragments and pebbles mixed with finer rock material
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{i} group or mass formed from diverse elements; large corporation formed by the merge of separate companies; (Geology) detrital sedimentary rock that is coarse grained and composed of round fragments cemented together
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To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass
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a large corporation, or a group of companies, marketing a large number of different goods or services
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rounded, water worn, fragments of rock of varying sizes that is cemented together into a rock
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a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England
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A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; opposed to agglomerate
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A corporation that is made up of many diverse, often unrelated divisions This form of organization is thought to reduce the risk, but may create problems of coordination
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A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporations primary activity
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composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England"
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sedimentary rock made of various pieces of rock larger than sand size COOL not hot CRYSTAL charactiristics geometric shape that a substance can assume
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large company with many different operations in different sectors
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