merger
a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
any combination of two or more business enterprises into a single enterprise.
an act or instance of merging: Astronomers say that the merger of galaxies can take a billion years.
Phonetics. the process or phenomenon whereby two distinct speech sounds come to be pronounced identically: for instance, the cot–caught vowel merger has taken place in some dialects of English.
Origin of merger
1Other words from merger
- an·ti·merg··er, adjective
- de·merg·er, noun
- pre·merg·er, adjective
- pro·merg·er, adjective
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How to use merger in a sentence
First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton | Eleanor Clift | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTGalaxy mergers can go on as long as there are galaxies sufficiently close to each other.
For passengers, code-sharing agreements are largely invisible—these arrangements are not mergers between airlines.
Delta Airlines Seeks to Buy Stake in Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic | Clive Irving | December 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“I would expect mergers to involve, in the English language, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette,” Wylie predicted.
The Victims of the Penguin & Random House Merger: Literary Agents | Ella Delany | November 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Tory government was legally bound to refer the bid to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
The Murdoch and Thatcher Meetings: What Really Happened | Peter Jukes | March 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Soon after the outbreak of the war in Europe, the greatest of the cotton mill mergers in the South came to disruption.
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South | Broadus MitchellI was working for 13 years for what is now the Chase Manhattan Bank, but it had previous mergers.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedySimilar provision should be made in respect to railroad mergers, and the purchases by one railroad of the stock of another.
The Promise Of American Life | Herbert David CrolyColossal mergers grouped themselves into structures of stupendous strength.
Destiny | Charles Neville BuckWe shall begin with data that we cannot distinguish ourselves and work our way out of mergers into extremes.
The Book of the Damned | Charles Fort
British Dictionary definitions for merger
/ (ˈmɜːdʒə) /
commerce the combination of two or more companies, either by the creation of a new organization or by absorption by one of the others: Often called (Brit): amalgamation
law the extinguishment of an estate, interest, contract, right, offence, etc, by its absorption into a greater one
the act of merging or the state of being merged
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for merger
The union of two or more independent corporations under a single ownership. Also known as takeovers, mergers may be friendly or hostile. In the latter case, the buying company, having met with resistance from directors of the targeted company, usually offers an inflated (overmarket) price to persuade stockholders of the targeted company to sell their shares to it. Such mergers often have been financed by junk bonds.
Notes for merger
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