Definition of "omnium"

omnium

/ˈɒm.ni.əm/

noun
plural omniums
1. (cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
2. (finance) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
  Quotations
  When a loan is contracted , the prices of Omnium may be quoted for delivery of the receipts , and afterwards for money , and the next succeeding payment .
  1855, Charles Fenn, Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, Debts and Revenues of All Nations, Banks, Railways, Mines, and the Principal Joint Stock Companies