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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The club did play in the Concacaf Champions Cup final earlier this season – routing Inter Miami 5-1 on aggregate in the semifinals to get there – but then got throttled in the title match by Cruz Azul.
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Avi Creditor, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025
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
Though the Rapids took the Cup home for the second straight year on aggregate, their reactions on the field were telling.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2025
By their lofty standards, Madrid endured a dismal European campaign last term, suffering the ignominy of having to go through the play-offs to qualify for the Round of 16 before being trounced 5-1 on aggregate by Arsenal in the quarter-finals.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Avi Creditor, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025
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
Though the Rapids took the Cup home for the second straight year on aggregate, their reactions on the field were telling.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2025
By their lofty standards, Madrid endured a dismal European campaign last term, suffering the ignominy of having to go through the play-offs to qualify for the Round of 16 before being trounced 5-1 on aggregate by Arsenal in the quarter-finals.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“On aggregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20aggregate. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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