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merger definition

merger (mʉr′jər)

noun

a merging; specif.,
  1. ☆ a combining of two or more companies, corporations, etc. into one, as by issuing stock of the controlling corporation to replace the greater part of that of the other or others
  2. the absorption of one estate, interest, obligation, contract, etc. in another, or of a lesser offense in a greater

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