Integer and Aggregation

noun

• Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.
  • usage: "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
  • synonyms: whole number

(n.) A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.

(n.) The act of aggregating or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

noun

• Several things grouped together or considered as a whole.
  • synonyms: collection, accumulation, assemblage
• The act of gathering something together.
  • synonyms: collection, collecting, assembling

Process in corporate financial planning whereby the smaller investment proposals of each of the firm's operational units are aggregated and effectively treated as a whole.