HT204053 How do i merge two iTunes accounts?

My Dad and i are having trouble with his iTunes accounts. notice they were plural. yes, my dad has two different apple IDs with two different passwords. this was do to a problem we had with iTunes. He has arround 50 dollars in apps on one account (due to a dicionary he bought) and wants to merge it into his existing iTunes account. im not saying that his previous Itunes accound is unaccesable, because it is very accesible, but we just cant figure out how to fix this issue. Anyone got any bright ideas? please help!
Sincerely, Garrett
P.S. sorry for the bad spelling.

It's not currently possible to merge accounts nor to transfer content from one account to another - content will remain tied to the account that originally bought/downloaded it.

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