consolidāˈtion noun

1. The act or process of consolidating
2. The process of aggregating the financial statements of a group of companies, or the working document in which this is done
3. (in industry) a programme of compulsory redundancies (euphemistic)

consolˈidative adjective

1. Tending to consolidate
2. Having the quality of healing

consolˈidator noun

consolidated annuities see consols

consolidated fund noun

A fund made up by uniting the yield of various taxes, etc to meet standing charges, eg interest on national debt, grants to royal family, etc

consolidation acts plural noun

Acts of parliament which combine into one general statute several special enactments