Is it possible to combine two existing iTune accounts and then cancelling one? Many thanks.

I am trying to combine two accounts that I have on iTunes (created separately over the years) so as to then delete/cancel one to only have one active account (with all of my combined purchases, etc. on this combined account).
Is this possible, or is there another way of transfering purchases to one of the accounts and then just deleting the then "empty" one?
Thanks for any advice / input

method one from the following support article should do the trick: How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer.

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