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MERGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does merger mean? 

MERGER (noun)
  The noun MERGER has 2 senses:

1. the combination of two or more commercial companies
2. an occurrence that involves the production of a union

  Familiarity information: MERGER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MERGER (noun)


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Meaning:

The combination of two or more commercial companies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

amalgamation; merger; uniting

Hypernyms ("merger" is a kind of...):

consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)


Sense 2merger [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

An occurrence that involves the production of a union

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

fusion; unification; merger

Hypernyms ("merger" is a kind of...):

union (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts)


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