consolidation
n
1 the act of consolidating or state of being consolidated
2 something that is consolidated or integrated
a the combining of two or more actions at law
b the combination of a number of Acts of Parliament into one codifying statute
4 (Geology) the process, including compression and cementation, by which a loose deposit is transformed into a hard rock
5 (Psychol) the process in the brain that makes the memory for an event enduring; the process is thought to continue for some time after the event ♦
consolidative adj
consolidation loan
adj
n a single loan which is taken out to pay off several separate existing loans