English Online Dictionary. What means merger? What does merger mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/
- (General American) enPR: mûrʹjər, IPA(key): /ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: merg‧er
Etymology 1
From merge + -er.
Noun
merger (plural mergers)
- One that merges.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun).
Noun
merger (plural mergers)
- The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
- (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
- (law) 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.
- (phonology) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
Synonyms
- combination
- fusion
- (linguistics): phonemic merger
Antonyms
- division
Derived terms
Related terms
- mergence
Translations
See also
- alliance
- buyout
- rollup
- sellout
- takeover
References
- “merger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “merger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.