merger
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merger¹
- /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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English merge
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English merger
From merge + -er.
noun mergers
- One that merges.
merger²
- /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun).
noun mergers
- The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit. Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
- The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party. The company has had some success with its EV offerings, such as the Nissan Leaf, an asset it brought to the table in merger discussions. EV development costs have created a powerful incentive for carmakers to explore mergers as a way to share the financial burden, according to analysts.
- An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
- A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one. the cot-caught merger
Similar: combination, fusion, phonemic merger
