Dictionary definition for: Conglomerate
1. (n) a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
2. (v) collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office" "The work keeps piling up"
3. (s) composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England"
4. (n) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
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