merger.

The joining of separate organizations or parts into a single entity.

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Words that belong together

• corporate merger
• proposed merger

On the page

The proposed merger raised concerns about reduced competition.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular merger; plural mergers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, social science. Commonness: moderately common.