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Antonyms for merger

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mur-jer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr dʒər

Definition of merger

Origin :
  • 1728 in legal sense, "extinguishment by absorption," from merge (v.), on analogy of French infinitives used as nouns (e.g. waiver). From 1889 in the business sense; not common until c.1926. General meaning "any act of merging" is from 1881.
  • noun consolidation
Example sentences :
  • We find that every departure from one merger is entrance upon another.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • This was the first trust—what they call a merger—but it occurred in politics.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • After all, this was a day of merger, and you couldn't have too much of it!
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy
  • So a merger of the two seemed vital to the interests of both.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Tomorrow » by William B Stephenson, Jr.
  • St. John says that this merger was made at the instigation of the Mine Owners.
  • Extract from : « The I.W.W. » by Paul Frederick Brissenden
  • The merger, itself, was consummated in the midsummer of 1875.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad » by Edward Hungerford
  • Until the merger was organised it was regarded as fair enough.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Reaper » by Herbert Newton Casson
  • They are not thoroughly reconciled, even yet, to being a merger.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Reaper » by Herbert Newton Casson
  • The result would be a merger of identities, a total unification.
  • Extract from : « Psichopath » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • There may be a merger; there may be a holding corporation; there may be a lease.
  • Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

Synonyms for merger

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