mergeen.
/ˌməːˈdʒiː/, U.S. /ˌmərˈdʒi/ Chiefly Business.
A participant in a merger; a company, etc., that is merged with another.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > one who takes part in merger
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1955 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 227 702/1 They [sc. merged corporations] became a part of the muscle and the blood stream of the mergee corporation, transfusing into the mergee all..their..rights and privileges.
1964 Punch 30 Dec. 989/2 Mergees are going to need twice the stuff.
1971 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 85 Elsewhere in the motel..the rival corporation, Penta, has chosen a more ingenious method: they tell their mergees that it seems important only that the change be comfortable for everyone.
2000 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 14 Jan. 1 Every time one of these big mergers take place, the immediate tendency of the mergees is to make profound public statements about providing better service to the public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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