merger
Two become one
A merger is the combining of two or more entities into one.
Most often it describes companies joining together: The merger created the largest airline in the country.
Mergers differ from acquisitions in that they suggest more equal partnership, though the distinction blurs in practice.
The word extends to any joining of separate things into a unified whole.
Act of obtaining something
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- dealAgreement or distribution
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
divestiture · hostile · friendly · vertical · horizontal · conglomerate · shareholders · equity
Joining into unity
- amalgamationUniting into one
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- meldingCombining into unity
- unificationMerging into one entity
convergence · coalescence · hybridization · intermingling · confluence · assimilation · incorporation · combining
Temporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- blocAllied group sharing interests
league · pact · accord · treaty · entente · association · cartel · consortium
Unifying control in one place
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
efficiency · optimization · realignment · integration · rationalization · layoffs · redundancy · cost-cutting
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- dealAgreement or distribution
antitrust · divestiture · hostile · friendly · vertical · horizontal · conglomerate · shareholders · equity · proxy
fusion
Joining into unity
- amalgamationUniting into one
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- meldingCombining into unity
unification · convergence · coalescence · hybridization · intermingling · confluence · assimilation · incorporation · combining · intermixing
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
bloc · league · pact · accord · treaty · entente · association · cartel · consortium · affiliation
centralization
Unifying control in one place
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
reorganization · efficiency · optimization · realignment · integration · rationalization · layoffs · redundancy · cost-cutting · headcount
union
Joining into one
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- partnershipShared business arrangement
joining · unity · conjugal · nuptial · wedlock · betrothal · espousal
- corporate worldCEO, CFO, COO, VP, executive
- entrepreneurshipentrepreneur, startup, founder, co-founder, cofounder
- collaborationscollaborators, joint task force, joint project, duo, coalition forces
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
- workplace changeslayoff, hiring, firing, reorganization, restructuring
- Black Holesevent horizon, singularity, Schwarzschild radius, supermassive black hole, event horizons
mergerbreakup
Romantic relationship's termination
split · divestiture · spinoff · demerger · separation
- merger and acquisitionCorporate consolidation transaction
- corporate mergerBusiness entities combining legally
- mail mergeAutomated document personalization
- merging trafficVehicles entering main roadway
- merge laneTraffic entry corridor
- lane merge
merge, merging, submerge, merged, emergent, emergence, merges, mergers, remerge