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▪ I. merger1|ˈmɜːdʒə(r)|
[Law Fr. merger: see merge v. and -er4.]
1. Law.
a. Extinguishment of a right, estate, contract, action, etc., by absorption in another.
1728Vernon Chanc. Cases II. 90 The Plaintiff..insisted that the Term was merged in the Daughter, as being also Heir at Law. The Court upon the Hearing relieved against the Merger. 1729Jacob Law Dict., If a Lessor, who hath the Fee, marries with the Lessee for Years; this is no Merger, because [etc.] 1818Colebrooke Obligations 216 Where there is a confusion of rights, where debtor and creditor become one,..an immediate merger takes place. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 109/1 Estates tail are not subject to merger. 1861May Const. Hist. (1863) I. v. 240 This increase is exhibited by the existing peerage alone—notwithstanding the extinction or merger of numerous titles in the interval. 1894Times 16 Apr. 3/3 That depended upon whether the judgment did operate as a merger of the action on the guarantee.
b. orig. U.S. The combination or consolidation of one firm or trading company with another. Also transf.
1889Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 17 Apr. 4/3 Ample powers of consolidation and merger, transfer and absorption of stock and kindred franchises are given. 1902Westm. Gaz. 7 May 5/1 The Attorney-General is watching the steamship merger closely. 1904Daily News 7 Apr. 6 A week or two ago a merger between two railways was forcibly dissolved by the judges of the Supreme Court. 1915E. Wallace Man who bought London vi. 54 The Shearman Anti-Trust Law which..drove what is known on the other side of the Atlantic as the ‘mergers’ out of business. 1928Manch. Guardian Weekly 10 Aug. 104/2 Washington..is shown by the dispatches to suspect something like an Anglo-French alliance or merger or pooling behind the text of the naval compromise. 1930J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement ii. 55 Along comes a big merger—a bit of syndicate and trust work—and up they go. 1931Chesterton in London Mercury Feb. 342 The great moral institutions of modern times, the Straddle, the Wheat Corner, the Merger, and the rest. 1949I. Deutscher Stalin iii. 79 A merger between Mensheviks and Bolsheviks was the main item. 1949Wodehouse Uncle Dynamite ii. 24, I have always hoped that you and Sally would eventually form a merger. 1961Listener 16 Nov. 834/3 Theology seems to have made a ‘merger’ with philosophy for three centuries. 1970T. Lupton Managem. & Social Sci. (ed. 2) iv. 103 If an organization is being created de novo, as the result, say, of a merger. 1971Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 18/3 The crunch comes when we look at the most important reason for industrial mergers—marketing. 1974Wodehouse Aunts aren't Gentlemen ii. 10, I had once asked her to marry me... In due season I suggested a merger. But apparently I was not the type, and no business resulted.
2. gen. An act of merging; the fact of being merged.
1881Athenæum No. 2791. 556 A very little additional lapse of time witnessed the merger of the diocesan in the statesman. 1883M. D. Chalmers Local Govt. iv. 55 This..would be a practical merger of the smaller in the larger parish. 1886H. M. Posnett Compar. Lit. 90 This progressive merger underlies the development of institutions and language. 1898Renton Encycl. Laws Eng. X. 622 The two latter [officers] have ceased to exist, the former of the two upon merger of the duties with those of the Queen's Remembrancer.
3. attrib. and Comb.
1914W. H. Lough Corporation Finance (rev. ed.) xiv. 231 The average merger bond should prove a safe investment. 1926Office Appliances Feb. 49/1 With regard to merger reports..two propositions had been received. 1928Daily Mail 3 Aug. 18/2 There is no compulsion on the Preference shareholders to accept an offer from the merger company. Ibid. 18/3 The merger shares issued to..shareholders may bring a bigger income than the..Preference shares. 1964G. G. Fisch Organization for Profit x. 140 The merger-acquisition specialist is the official corporate professional ‘wheeler-dealer’. 1967H. B. Maynard Handbk. Business Administration ix. xi. 125 The SEC's financial statement requirements in ‘merger proxies’ are..similar to those of Form S-1. Ibid., In the merger situation, the acquired company will attempt to obtain SEC approval to terminate its reporting requirements.
▪ II. merger2 rare—0.|ˈmɜːdʒə(r)|
[f. merge v. + -er1.]
One who or something which merges.
1846in Worcester; and in later Dicts. |