on aggregate
idiom
British, sports
: with the scores of a series of matches added together
Our team won the same number of matches, but their team scored more goals so they won on aggregate.
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United drew 0-0 on the night, 3-3 on aggregate, and were eliminated on away goals, kick-starting a middling run of results for English sides in Turkey.
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Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Striker Naomie Feller opened the scoring and Melween N’Dongala put through her own net as Madrid advanced 5-2 on aggregate, having won the first leg in Paris 3-2.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Coming back from behind in the San Siro after trailing Inter Milan 2-0 on the night in the second leg, and 5-3 on aggregate following a thriller in Montjuic, the Blaugrana leveled thanks to goals from Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Carbon pricing works either by requiring an emitter to pay the government a tax per ton of carbon dioxide emitted or by implementing a cap-and-trade system, in which the government sets a cap on aggregate emissions and firms buy and sell carbon allowances to stay under that cap.
—Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
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Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Striker Naomie Feller opened the scoring and Melween N’Dongala put through her own net as Madrid advanced 5-2 on aggregate, having won the first leg in Paris 3-2.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Coming back from behind in the San Siro after trailing Inter Milan 2-0 on the night in the second leg, and 5-3 on aggregate following a thriller in Montjuic, the Blaugrana leveled thanks to goals from Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Carbon pricing works either by requiring an emitter to pay the government a tax per ton of carbon dioxide emitted or by implementing a cap-and-trade system, in which the government sets a cap on aggregate emissions and firms buy and sell carbon allowances to stay under that cap.
—Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
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“On aggregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20aggregate. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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