conglomeratenoun
uk/kənˈɡlɒm.ər.ət/us/kənˈɡlɑː.mɚ.ət/conglomerate noun (COMPANY)
[ C ] a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually very different:
a financial/industrial conglomerate
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Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- merger
- monopolize
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- spin
- spin sth off
- subsidiary
- suitor
- syndicate
- take (sth) over
- takeover
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conglomerate noun (ROCK)
[ C or U ] specialized geology a rock that consists of small, rounded stones that are held together by clay and sand
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Geology: types of rock
- alabaster
- basalt
- basaltic
- bedrock
- bioclastic
- boulder
- carboniferous
- chalk
- clastic
- cryolite
- flinty
- gneiss
- gypsum
- haematite
- igneous
- lava
- quartz
- schist
- sedimentary
- slate
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