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merger
[mur-jer]
noun
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 dz–cܲ vowel merger has taken place in some dialects of English.
merger
/ ˈɜːə /
noun
Often called (Brit): amalgamation.commerce the combination of two or more companies, either by the creation of a new organization or by absorption by one of the others
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
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.
Other Word Forms
- antimerger adjective
- demerger noun
- premerger adjective
- promerger adjective
Example Sentences
As Paramount struggles to complete a key merger, the company is in the midst of a protracted negotiation to extend one of its biggest and most important franchises: the long-running foulmouthed cartoon “South Park.”
The two companies must complete the merger by early October.
Paramount has said it is treating the proposed settlement and FCC review on the Skydance merger as separate matters.
The CMA said ideas such as sharing back-office functions, or discussing possible mergers with other universities, were unlikely to raise competition law concerns.
Scrutinizing edits to a national newscast “are not part of the public interest analysis that the commission does when it considers mergers and acquisitions,” she said.
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