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 alliancebuyoutmergencerollupsellouttakeover Common collocations horizontal merger Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun). merger xno View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown