merger

C1 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/ UK /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/ See IPA manual

Freq #12174

Meanings

1

noun
The joining of two or more companies into a single one.

The merger created one of the largest banks in the country.
2

noun
The act of combining two or more things into a single unit.

The club merger reduced the number of teams by half.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the joining of two or more... fusion

More combination

Opposites

division

Word family

Forms mergers

Derived forms antimergerdemergermegamergermergerlessmultimergernonmergerpostmergerpremerger

Related forms alliance buyoutmergencerollupsellouttakeover

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Phrases (1)

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horizontal merger
a merger between companies operating in the same industry or market

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

merger xno

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Topics

Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives

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# merger

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/
**Frequency rank:** 12174

## Meanings
1. The joining of two or more companies into a single one.
2. The act of combining two or more things into a single unit.

## Examples
- The merger created one of the largest banks in the country.
- The club merger reduced the number of teams by half.

## Synonyms
- combination
- fusion

## Antonyms
- division

## Derived Forms
- antimerger
- demerger
- megamerger
- mergerless
- multimerger
- nonmerger
- postmerger
- premerger

## Related Forms
- alliance
- buyout
- mergence
- rollup
- sellout
- takeover

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: merger

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

## AI Etymology
Merger comes from Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun). In present-day English its meanings include the joining of two or more companies into a single one and the act of combining two or more things into a single unit. Related and derived forms include alliance, buyout, mergence, and antimerger.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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