M&A

abbreviation for

Finance, Business.

mergers and acquisitions: the practice of incorporating parts (or all) of another enterprise, either by combining two or more companies into one or by purchasing some or all of another company's assets, as a way of strategically enhancing or growing a business.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of M&A¹

First recorded in 1985–90

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Example Sentences

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"I'm a cat person, so I'm intrigued by this," said Nelson, when asked about the risk to or from cats from H5N1 bird flu.

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“This is my first book, and it’s something that I put a lot of work and heart into. But I’m a storyteller, man, and I realized that the only way I was going to be able to play my dream roles was by creating my dream projects.”

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“I’m a professor and I’m a doctor as well,” she said.

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I’m a sucker for the adrenaline.

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He spent two seasons as a reserve at Texas Southern before transferring to Florida A&M a year ago.

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-mancy Mandaean

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