combination

combination definition - business

combination

  1. A union of two or more entities, either by merging one or more of the entities into another of the entities or by consolidating the entities into a new entity. Also called business combination.
  2. In statistics, the number of ways objects can be arranged or selected.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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