aggregate

adjective | \ ˈa-grə-gət \ | ag·gre·gate

1. : taken as a total aggregate liability

verb | \ ˈa-grə-ˌgāt \ | ag·gre·gate

1. : to combine or gather into a whole class members may aggregate their individual claims — compare join

2. : to amount to an award aggregating $100,000

   : to form an aggregate they may not aggregate if their claims are regarded as “separate and distinct” —J. M. Landers et al.

noun | \ ˈa-grə-gət \ | ag·gre·gate

1. : total amount may sue in federal court if the aggregate of the claims exceeds $75,000

2. : a whole made up of individual units the aggregate of operative facts