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footprint definition - finance
The process that a company goes through to expand its market or locations. Expanding the companyÂ’s footprint is a favorite justification for a merger. By purchasing another company the acquirer increases its footprint.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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