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merger
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun merger has 2 senses
- merger(n = noun.act) amalgamation, uniting - the combination of two or more commercial companies; Array is a kind of consolidation, integration
- merger(n = noun.event) fusion, unification - an occurrence that involves the production of a union; Array is a kind of union
Derived forms verb merge3, verb merge1
Derived form verb merge3
CIDE DICTIONARY
merger, n.
- One who, or that which, merges. [1913 Webster]
- An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater. [1913 Webster]
- The combining of two groups into a unified single group under a single leadership, with voluntary participation by the leaders or management of both groups. [PJC]
- The combining of two commercial enterprises into a unified single enterprise under a single management, with voluntary participation by both parties; as, the merger of
Daimler-Benz andChrysler intoDaimler-Chrysler created a powerful competitor in the automobile manufacturing industry. Compareacquisition andtakeover . [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
merger, n.
1 the combining of two commercial companies etc. into one.
2 a merging, esp. of one estate in another.
3 Law the absorbing of a minor offence in a greater one.
1 the combining of two commercial companies etc. into one.
2 a merging, esp. of one estate in another.
3 Law the absorbing of a minor offence in a greater one.
Etymology
AF (as MERGE)
THESAURUS
merger
Anschluss, addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, alloyage, amalgamation, articulation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, clustering, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, communication, composition, comradeship, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, convergence, copartnership, copartnery, copulation, coupling, eclecticism, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusing, fusion, gathering, hookup, identification, immixture, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interlinking, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, junta, knotting, league, liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, meld, melding, mergence, merging, mingling, mixing, mixture, package, package deal, pairing, partnership, pluralism, pooling, sodality, solidification, sorority, splice, symbiosis, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, wedding, yoking
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