mergernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɜː.dʒər/us/ˈmɝː.dʒɚ/C2 an occasion when two or more companies join together to make one larger company:
She's an attorney who advises companies about mergers and takeovers.
The merger of these two companies would create the world's biggest accounting firm.
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- The merger proved to be very lucrative for both companies.
- The shareholders seem to think that the executive board is overstating the case for a merger.
- Announcement of the merger is expected to ramp up share prices over the next few days.
- Following the merger, he was retired with a generous pension.
- Shareholders will be voting on the proposed merger of the companies next week.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- monopolize
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- parent
- spin
- subsidiary
- suitor
- syndicate
- take (sth) over
- takeover
- white knight
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