merger

Meaning

Noun

• One that merges.
• The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
• The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• combination
• fusion
• phonemic merger

Opposite words

• division

Origin

• From merge + -er.
• Anglo-Norman merger