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merger

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merg·er  (mûrjr)
n.
1. The act or an instance of merging; union.
2. The union of two or more commercial interests or corporations.
3. Law The absorption of a lesser estate, liability, right, action, or offense into a greater one.

merger [ˈmɜːdʒə]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) Commerce the combination of two or more companies, either by the creation of a new organization or by absorption by one of the others Often called (Brit) amalgamation
2. (Law) Law the extinguishment of an estate, interest, contract, right, offence, etc., by its absorption into a greater one
3. the act of merging or the state of being merged
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.merger - the combination of two or more commercial companiesmerger - the combination of two or more commercial companies
consolidation, integration - the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"
2.merger - an occurrence that involves the production of a unionmerger - an occurrence that involves the production of a union
union - the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"

merger
noun union, fusion, consolidation, amalgamation, combination, coalition, incorporation the proposed merger of the two banks
Translations
merger [ˈmɜːdʒəʳ] N (Comm) → fusión f

merger [ˈmɜːrdʒər] n [companies, banks] → fusion f

merger
n (Comm) → Fusion f

merger [ˈmɜːdʒəʳ] n (Comm) → fusione f

merger دَمْج sloučení sammenslutning Fusion συγχώνευση fusión yritysfuusio fusion spajanje fusione 合併 합병 fusie fusjon połączenie fusão слияние fusion ผู้ผสมผสาน şirket evliliği sự liên kết 合并


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The US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said they would hold joint public workshops "to explore the possibility of updating" Horizontal Merger Guidelines used by the two agencies to evaluate potential competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions.
The US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said they would hold joint public workshops "to explore the possibility of updating" Horizontal Merger Guidelines used by the two agencies to evaluate potential competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions.
To make things easier, the following are suggested ways to account for and track merger costs.
 
 
 
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