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The definition of a merger is a combining of multiple elements, particularly corporations, into one.

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An example of a merger is two law firms joining into one.

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See merger in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a merging; specif.,

☆ 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
the absorption of one estate, interest, obligation, contract, etc. in another, or of a lesser offense in a greater

See merger in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or an instance of merging; union.
The union of two or more commercial interests or corporations.
Law The absorption of a lesser estate, liability, right, action, or offense into a greater one.

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