Meaning

5 senses
  1. One that merges.

  2. The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

    Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half

    Verschmelzung, Fusion, Zusammenfügung

    слия́ниеslijánije, поглоще́ниеpogloščénije

    злиття́zlyttjá, злива́нняzlyvánnja

  3. The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.

    Fusion, Firmenzusammenschluss, Zusammenschluss

    слия́ниеslijánije, поглоще́ниеpogloščénije, объедине́ниеobʺjedinénije

    злиття́zlyttjá

  4. An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.

    слия́ниеslijánije, поглоще́ниеpogloščénije

  5. A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.

    the cot-caught merger

More definitions
  • the combination of two or more commercial companies
  • an occurrence that involves the production of a union

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Did you hear about the merger?

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  2. Company attorneys are working around the clock to complete the merger.

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  3. The firm has added 25 new associates to work on mergers and other deals.

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  4. There won't be a merger.

    deEs wird keine Fusion geben.

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  5. I'm concerned about this merger.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act or process of merging:
Русский
By meaning 2
the act or process of merging:
the legal union of two or more corporations:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act or process of merging:
the legal union of two or more corporations:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun).

From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun).

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