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A conglomerate is a corporation that is made up of a number of different, seemingly unrelated businesses. In a conglomerate, one company owns a controlling stake in a number of smaller companies, which conduct business separately.
Conglomerate and metaconglomerate rock begin as particles of rock and sand collected in the sediment of streams, rivers or oceans. Conglomerate rock is a type of sedimentary rock that can become metaconglomerate rock through geological events, such as tectonic plate collision or subduction.